Black Iraqis in the southern province of Basra are complaining of discrimination, saying they are not fairly represented in the state.<br /><br />African Iraqis have lived in the country for centuries and now number more than one million.<br /><br />Many of them are descendants of African slaves brought to Iraq. Many Iraqis still refer to them by their ancestral name, abeed - meaning slaves.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh reports.
