Tag: Lebanese people
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UN Chief Launches Plan To Revitalise Beirut
Against the “grim background” of the tragic August 4 explosions that destroyed much of central Beirut, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has offered a new multi-agency plan to help the Lebanese people move forward. “With the launch of the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF), prepared jointly by the World Bank, the European Union (EU) and…
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Lebanon’s new prime minister vows reforms, but Lebanese people aren’t convinced
Lebanon’s political leaders named diplomat Mustafa Adib as the disaster-stricken country’s new prime minister on Monday, starting the formation of a new government tasked with implementing urgent reforms after the previous leadership quit en masse. But for many Lebanese citizens, hundreds of thousands of whom saw their homes destroyed in the devastating August 4 blast…