How Lebanon’s economy collapsed
Protests, power cuts and bank hold-ups – Lebanon was already struggling before the 2020 port explosion devasted its capital, Beirut, but now it’s in a desperate economic collapse.
Protests, power cuts and bank hold-ups – Lebanon was already struggling before the 2020 port explosion that devasted its capital, Beirut, but now it’s in a desperate economic collapse. The Lebanese people are struggling to buy basic food and medicine. And the country also hosts the highest number of refugees per capita worldwide. Â鶹Éç correspondent in Beirut, Carine Torbey, tells us how Lebanon got here and how it might recover.
Presenter: Claire Graham. Producer: Owen McFadden.
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