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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents of the city of Gabes along the country's central coast gather for a protest to demand the closure of chemical factories ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: Once an idyll, Tunisian protest hotspot Gabes now an environmental 'nightmare'
GABES, Tunisia (Reuters) -Beneath a smog-choked sky, the once-glistening waters of Gabes in southern Tunisia run dark with rust-coloured streaks. Trees are dying, fish vanishing and a suffocating ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: Thousands Protest in Tunisia's Gabes Over Pollution Crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands took to the streets of the Tunisian coastal city of Gabes in a huge march on Wednesday, in an escalation of protests that began last week over pollution from the state ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: Protests escalate in Tunisia's Gabes amid a deepening environmental crisis
Protesters demand closure of Gabes phosphate complex over pollution President Saied blames old policies for Gabes' environmental crisis, orders solutions Government plans to boost production of ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: General strike, protests paralyse Tunisia's Gabes over pollution crisis
TUNIS (Reuters) -A general strike and tens of thousands of protesters brought the southern Tunisian city of Gabes to a standstill on Tuesday to back demands for the closure of a state chemical plant ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: In Gabes, Tunisia’s artisanal fishers are watching fish die
Gabes, Tunisia – It takes about 15 minutes for the first police officer to turn up. No reason is given. The frustration on Lakhdar Mahmoud’s face is unmistakable. The traditional, artisan fisher had ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: Dozens hospitalised in Tunisia’s Gabes amid environmental crisis
Dozens of people have been hospitalised in Tunisia’s southern city of Gabes, whose residents have blamed pollution from a nearby chemical factory for causing respiratory distress and other health ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Culture: Protests escalate in Tunisia’s Gabes amid a deepening environmental crisis
TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters near the Tunisian Chemical Group’s (CGT) phosphate headquarters in the southern city of Gabes, after residents stormed the ...