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Hundreds of Tunisians staged a demonstration in the capital, Tunis, against a severe environmental crisis stemming from a deadly pollution linked to a state-run chemical plant in Gabes. The protest, ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Politics: 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 » Politics: Over 200 hospitalized in Tunisia’s Gabes as anger over pollution crisis grows
New pollution cases were reported in Tunisia’s Gabes on Wednesday, as some political parties criticize President Kais Saied’s handling of the worsening pollution crisis in the city. Tunisian and ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Politics: 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 » Politics: 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 » Politics: General strike shuts down Tunisia’s Gabes over pollution crisis
A general strike and tens of thousands of protesters have brought the southern Tunisian city of Gabes to a standstill as anger intensifies over a state-run chemical plant that residents blame for a ...
News Tunisia » Gaabes » Politics: Saied’s ‘Dictatorship’ Pushes Tunisia to Its Breaking Point
A demonstrator raises his fist during a protest against President Kais Saied’s crackdown on civil liberties and human rights, in Tunis, Tunisia, Dec. 17, 2025 (photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via ...