(France24) Sara El-Yafi - Sara El-Yafi, the granddaughter of former Lebanese Prime Minister Abdallah El-Yafi, told France24 on March 10 that the crisis in Lebanon "is getting worse by the second." The Lebanese pound "has lost 85% of its value and the Central Bank's reserves are drying up....The country with the highest trade deficit in the world is Lebanon." "In 2019, the unemployment rate was 11%. It is currently over 40%. The inflation rate is more than 100%....50% of the population is below the poverty line."
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