Illegal slums have mushroomed across the Iraqi capital Baghdad since the 2003 American invasion, with the tacit encouragement of corrupt political groups.
Feature: Scores of Iraqi Christians have lost their homes in Baghdad to fraud and forced sales, with the capital's desirable Karrada district seeing the most crooked property transactions.
Feature: The Iraqi government is encouraging Sunnis to change their names to hide their sectarian origins, instead of trying to improve the security situation, reports Amir al-Obaidi.
Features: A loss of fluvial water from neighbouring countries, IS intervention and government corruption has hit supplies of ordinary Iraqis, says Amir al-Obaidi.
Feature: The whereabouts of one of the Iraqi Baath party's most senior figures, has been a popular topic of conversation in Iraq. Amir al-Obedi presents three theories.
About 20 people killed as Yazidis reportedly turn on Arabs in Sinjar, Iraq, in apparent revenge for massacres carried out by Islamic State fighters last year.
