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Tunisia U-turn on phosphate plant sparks anger in blighted city

The bedroom of 74-year-old Cherifa Attia smells like burnt rubber. The vast phosphate processing plant beside her home has been belching out toxic...

27.06.2025 5

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By Youcef Bounab

Deadly Tunisia school wall collapse sparks outcry in nation's hinterland

The deaths of three Tunisian sixth-formers in a school wall collapse in the small inland town of Mezzouna has fuelled anger over underinvestment and...

19.04.2025 10

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By Youcef Bounab

'I carry my cross': sub-Saharan migrants despair in Tunisia

Jonas spent more than a year trying to reach Tunisia after escaping ethnic violence in his native Nigeria, but rising anti-migrant sentiment and a...

14.02.2025 10

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By Youcef Bounab