Iraqi PM sacks electricity minister, 5 election officials

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sacked his minister of electricity and five election officials following weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power outages. Abadi sacked Qassem al-Fahdawi on Sunday “because of the deterioration in the electricity sector,” a statement from the prime minister’s office said. The decision came a day after the premier fired five election officials ...

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