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Dubbed ‘The Shore of Death’, the coastal city of Gabes has made headlines over the past decade for being an environmental wasteland. 13,000 tonnes of phosphate are dumped into the Mediterranean Sea ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Events: Tunisia’s Gabès Cinema Festival Appoints Afef Ben Mahmoud As Director
EXCLUSIVE: Tunisian actress and filmmaker Afef Ben Mahmoud has taken up the baton as director of the eighth edition of Tunisia’s Gabès Cinema Festival (Gabès Cinéma Fen), celebrating the moving image ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Events: Tunisia's Gabès Festival taps into regional tensions for 2026 edition
Oliver Laxe's Moroccan desert rave-set drama Sirāt closed the eighth edition of the Gabès Cinema Festival (Gabès Cinéma Fen) over the weekend in the presence of the Spanish director. Afef Ben Mahmoud, ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Events: Protests Escalate in Tunisia's Gabes Amid a Deepening Environmental Crisis
Protests Escalate in Tunisia's Gabes Amid a Deepening Environmental Crisis By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters near the Tunisian Chemical Group’s (CGT ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: Tunisia: Saied in Gabés Decries Ravages of Pollution, Says Only Upgraded Units Will Be Put Into Operation [update1]
Tunis — In a field visit on Monday evening to the governorate of Gabés, President of the Republic Kais Saied condemned the devastation caused by pollution and decried what he called "political ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Events: Tunisia's Gabès Cinema Festival appoints Afef Ben Mahmoud as director
EXCLUSIVE: Tunisian actress and filmmaker Afef Ben Mahmoud has taken up the baton as director of the eighth edition of Tunisia's Gabès Cinema Festival (Gabès Cinéma Fen), celebrating the moving image ...