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The Fifth Floor: Lebanon: A web of corruption

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Cables of the electric generators next to buildings in the Lebanese capital Beirut

02/07/2021 GMT

Lebanon: A web of corruption

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BBC Arabic investigates the disastrous state of Lebanon's electricity sector

As Lebanon endures worsening blackouts and fuel shortages, BBC Arabic investigates the disastrous state of the country's electricity sector.

BBC Arabic's Moe Chreif tells us about the biggest corruption investigation in the history of Lebanon’s energy sector, which resulted in allegations involving multi-million dollar agreements, bribery, and shipments of substandard oil. 

The women pushing boundaries in Pakistan’s rural milk market
In rural Pakistan women milk cows, but male relatives take the milk to male-run collection centres.  Shuja Malik of BBC Urdu visited a village where women have been hired to work in the milk centre. The development has had mixed reactions.   

Word in the news: black rain  
Children love it, businesses hate it – Pody Lui from BBC Hong Kong explains the rain warning system, and why black rain warnings are taken so seriously. 

Mango madness in India
South Asia diaspora reporter Gaggan Sabherwal shares the story of the Indian couple who’ve employed security guards after discovering they had planted an extremely rare mango tree by mistake – at $50 a mango they aren't taking any chances!  

My journey to journalism: Elodie Toto
Elodie Toto of BBC Afrique tells the story of what inspired her to become a journalist, and takes us on a journey from the suburbs of Paris to Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Image: Cables of the electric generators in the Lebanese capital Beirut
Credit: ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

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