Beirut

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

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

The 4 August 2020 explosion at Beirut port killed more than 200 people, wounded thousands more and destroyed swathes of the capital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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