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News Tunisia » Gaabes » People: Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils in Tunisia's phosphate belt

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/tunisia-gabes-phosphate-protests-violence-injuries-l31112

Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

GABES, Tunisia — Police rained tear gas on crowds and several demonstrators and riot police were injured in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes as thousands of people marched Wednesday to protest ...

News Tunisia » Gaabes » People: Under RSF impetus, Tunisia recognises responsible journalism as essential for water justice and energy transition

News channel or source: https://rsf.org/en/under-rsf-impetus-tunisia-recognises-responsible-journalism-essential-water-justice-and-energy

Published on: Thursday 04 June 2026

Participants in Tunisia’s second National Water Meeting, held from 24 to 26 April in Chenini, in the southeastern province of Gabès, made a simple yet fundamental observation: the right to water is ...

News Tunisia » Gaabes » People: Gabes: Struggle for Survival in the Face of Denial

News channel or source: https://nawaat.org/2026/05/26/gabes-struggle-for-survival-in-the-face-of-denial/

Published on: Monday 25 May 2026

Far from losing momentum, the protest movement which began in Gabes is breathing new life into social struggles in Tunisia. And continued repression in all of its forms is only making it grow stronger ...

News Tunisia » Gaabes » People: Tunisia’s Gabès Cinema Festival Appoints Afef Ben Mahmoud As Director

News channel or source: https://deadline.com/2026/02/tunisias-gabes-cinema-festival-afef-ben-mahmoud-director-1236726682/

Published on: Monday 16 February 2026

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 » People: Once an Idyll, Tunisian Protest Hotspot Gabes Now an Environmental 'Nightmare'

News channel or source: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-10-20/once-an-idyll-tunisian-protest-hotspot-gabes-now-an-environmental-nightmare

Published on: Sunday 19 October 2025

Once an Idyll, Tunisian Protest Hotspot Gabes Now an Environmental 'Nightmare' By Tarek Amara GABES, Tunisia (Reuters) -Beneath a smog-choked sky, the once-glistening waters of Gabes in southern ...

News Tunisia » Gaabes » People: Thousands protest in Tunisia's Gabes over pollution crisis

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/thousands-protest-tunisias-gabes-over-pollution-crisis-2025-10-15/

Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

TUNIS, Oct 15 (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 ...

News Tunisia » Gaabes » People: General strike, protests paralyse Tunisia's Gabes over pollution crisis

News channel or source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/10/general-strike-protests-paralyse-tunisias-gabes-over-pollution-crisis

Published on: Monday 20 October 2025

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 ...

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