Iran war: Lebanon's abandoned domestic workers | The Conversation | Focus on Africa
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Lebanon has been pulled into the conflict between Iran, Israel and the US 10 days ago, when Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader and repeated Israeli strikes since a ceasefire ended their last war in 2024. More than 600 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon in the past week and 800,000 others have been displaced, according to Lebanese authorities. Caught in the middle are tens of thousands of African domestic workers living there. Many say they cannot leave the country because they are employed under the Kafala system - a legal framework that ties a migrant worker’s residency to their employer, meaning they cannot change jobs or leave without their consent. Focus on Africa podcast host, Nkechi Ogbonna, spoke to Banchi Yimer, who left her home country of Ethiopia to move to Lebanon over a decade ago. After years of being a domestic worker, she founded an NGO that advocates for the rights of Af
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