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Nader Durgham

Lebanese state attacks journalists’ freedom of speech

Minister of Information Ziad Makari informed Megaphone co-founder Jean Kassir on Tuesday that Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat had retracted his...
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The Taif Agreement was named after the Saudi city it was negotiated in to end the civil war.
Natali Farran

The road to Lebanese hell: Taif and other antecedents of corruption

The Taif Agreement is a temporary, transitory power-sharing arrangement that was wrongly interpreted and never completely implemented.
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Shot from the Jbeil protests in Lebanon. (Eva Mahfouz)
Karim El Mufti

Lebanon Protests: The End of the Longstanding Resilience?

Both celebrated and cursed, the Lebanese resilience –or capacity to endure the toughest of situations and contexts, is engraved in...
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Demi Korban

Beirut: A Land of Corrupt-unities

The lack of clear accountability mechanisms and unbiased news reporting in Lebanon as a result of clientelism and sectarianism is making the battle against corruption even more complex and difficult to win.
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Serene Abdul Baki

NSSF Scandal Shows the True Colors of Lebanese Government

Charges were filed by a national civil movement called UnitedForLebanon following the procurement of evidence and documents proving the embezzlement and misappropriation of funds.
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Joseph Helou

Promised oil wealth stashed into Lebanese sovereign wealth fund: Who should spend the money?

As state-owned investment vehicles, sovereign wealth funds play an essential role in a country’s political, economic, and financial life, chiefly...
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Beirut Today

New Corruption Scandal Hits Lebanese Government: Biometric IDs

The Council of Ministers approved on Sunday the use of biometric IDs during elections for a budget of 40 million...
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ICC and grand corruption in Lebanon
Bassam Azzi

ICC’s potential role in ending Lebanon’s saga of grand corruption

While Grand corruption is not in the list of core international crimes over which the ICC has jurisdiction, the Court can investigate crimes against humanity.
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Global Corruption Barometer from Transparency International
Natali Farran

A look at the Global Corruption Barometer results on Lebanon

Corruption, bribery, dissatisfaction, and some hope amidst the chaos.
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Lebanese veterans strike in opposition of the new austerity measures taken by the Lebanese political class. (People's Dispatch)
Karim Safieddine

How the Lebanese Political Class Frames the Economy

The debate on austerity measures is heating up, and the positions of different Lebanese political forces are questionable.
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Dany Rachid

Election monitoring organizations ensure democratic voting in Lebanon

Organizations are playing a major role in overseeing the electoral process, each ensuring a democratic and just election period through their own tactics.
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Karim Safieddine

Lebanon’s Budget: Between Fraudulent Expenses and Nepotism

To get a better understand these issues, we ought to carefully examine the 2017 state budget endorsed by the parliament in October.
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Lama Bashour

Is Another Waste Crisis Looming in Lebanon?

The government’s handling of the waste crisis has been abysmal and the lack of progress in formulating solid waste policy has been making the situation worse.
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