Hariri's Future Movement Set To Nominate Adib As New PM

UN agency says more than half of Lebanon’s population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country’s economic woes

The Future Movement, led by Saad Al Hariri, will nominate Lebanese ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib to be prime minister informal consultations on Monday, senior Future Movement member Fouad Siniora said on Sunday.

The announcement makes Adib the clear frontrunner for the post which must go to a Sunni Muslim in Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system.

Meanwhile, a UN agency said that more than half of Lebanon’s population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country’s many woes.

“More than half of the country’s population is at risk of failing to access their basic food needs by the year’s end,” the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said.

“Immediate measures should be taken to prevent a food crisis,” ESCWA executive secretary Rola Dashti said.

Lebanon’s government, she said, must prioritise the rebuilding of silos at the Beirut port, the country’s largest grain storage.