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With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers. (Photo by Ahmad Kaddoura/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Africans trapped in Lebanon by ‘kafala’ labour system and Israel’s bombs

With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers

Encounters with Palestine and the environment

These subjects take centre stage at a festival showcasing nearly 50 documentaries

2020 in pictures

Mail & Guardian pictures editor Paul Botes presents some of the most striking images of 2020

A Lebanese army helicopter flies close to the damaged wheat silos at the Port of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. A massive explosion at Lebanons main port rocked Beirut, overwhelming hospitals dealing with the injured and dying. (Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Two huge Beirut explosions kill 78, injure thousands

The second blast sent an enormous orange fireball into the sky, immediately followed by a tornado-like shockwave that flattened the port and shattered windows across the city

03 June 2020, Lebanon, Hazmiyeh: An Ethiopian maid is seen as she camps near the Ethiopian Consulate in the Hazmiyeh town, south-east of Beirut after she was kicked out from her work. There are more than 100,000 Ethiopian domestic workers live in Lebanon most of them are women, lost their jobs due to the economical crisis that the country faces. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa (Photo by Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Abandoned by their employers, Ethiopian domestic workers are left stranded in Beirut

Kicked out of Lebanese homes and denied entry into the Ethiopian consulate, Beirut’s Ethiopian house helpers are being abandoned on the streets

Former Nissan-Renault chairperson Carlos Ghosn refused to shed any further light on how he managed to slip past authorities and flee Japan at the end of December.

Japan urges Ghosn to return as fugitive tycoon defends escape

Ghosn made his first public appearance since his audacious December escape at a combative press conference in Beirut on Wednesday

From left to right: Lediya Bekele, Woinshet Nigusse, and Mekedes Gadisa. (Addis Standard)

Seven Ethiopians die in Lebanon while their consulate abandons them

The steady stream of coffins being shipped from Lebanon to Ethiopia, won’t be slowing any time soon

Pushed by poverty, desperate Lebanese youth flee

Their migration on a "road of death" is fuelled by endemic corruption, political dysfunction, unemployment and poverty.

In Beirut, fear and anger don’t stop life going on

South Beirut has endured a series of suicide bombings over the past two years in response to Hezbollah’s forceful intervention in Syria.

The corniche in central Beirut.

Beirut, a haven of hope and diversity

For filmmaker Mai Masri, the crumbling city of ­Beirut, with its tortured past, is brimming with culture that continues to inspire artists.

The recent assassination of a highly ranked security official may reignite violence in Lebanon.

Lebanon’s future on shaky ground

Sectarian fault lines have intensified the political uncertainty and will decide the country’s fate. Jeremy Bowen reports.

Syrian uprising: Why it matters

The uprising in Syria is swiftly transforming into a civil war that could lay waste to the country and the fallout is bleeding outside its borders.

Natural gas could lead to new Lebanon-Israel war

The discovery of gas reserves under the eastern Mediterranean could mean a huge windfall for Israel and Lebanon, if it doesn’t spark a new war.

Ethiopian airliner crashes after take-off from Beirut

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport.

Sleepless in Beirut, sin city of the Middle East

From nudist beach parties and wild bashes to gay clubs, gambling and showgirls, Beirut is rapidly earning a reputation as sin city of the Middle East.

Lebanon: Israel’s plan to withdraw troops a ‘ploy’

Israeli plans to withdraw troops from part of a divided village on the Lebanese border are a ploy, Lebanon’s prime minister said on Monday.

Festival spirit defies instability in Lebanon

Grappling with instability is nothing new to organisers, audiences and performers at cultural events in Lebanon.

Rice visits Lebanon, meets new president

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a flying viisit to Beirut, said on Monday she wanted to back Lebanon’s democratic institutions.

Lebanon’s Suleiman set to become president

Lebanon’s Parliament is set to elect army chief General Michel Suleiman as the country’s president on Sunday, filling a post left vacant for six months by a political crisis that…

Lebanon’s Hariri vows no surrender to Hezbollah

Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri pledged on Tuesday there would be no political surrender to what he called a bid by Hezbollah and its Syrian and Iranian backers to…