Grappling with economic and political turmoil, Lebanon’s government is underequipped for a public health emergency.

Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese prosecutor Monday grilled bankers over more than 2 billion dollars in capital flight in past months despite strict banking restrictions in the crisis-hit country, judicial sources said.

Hezbollah hindered on Sunday a roadmap to resolve Lebanon's economic crisis after the party’s deputy Hassan Fadlallah expressed his rejection to fall under the “tutelage of the International Monetary Fund.” The MP said that new measures should be announced in the coming two weeks, concerning the accounts of depositors in…

The terms of new oil-backed loans that comprise a large share of Africa's debt are often opaque and hidden, a new report says.

A Lebanese prosecutor Monday questioned bankers over more than 2 billion dollars in capital flight in past months despite strict banking restrictions in the crisis-hit country, judicial sources said. Banks have since September imposed increasingly tight limits on dollar withdrawals and transfers abroad as part of measures to tackle a…

Beirut (AFP) - Eighteen-year-old domestic worker Mary came to Lebanon to help support her family, but now a financial crisis is preventing her from sending money home to Ethiopia.