Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Gabes in southern Tunisia on Friday, calling for the closure of facilities at an ageing chemical factory blamed for hundreds of cases of poisoning.

Thousands of Tunisians gathered on Saturday in the capital to protest against the jailing of government critics, the ...

Gabes, Tunisia – “Al-sha’b yureed al-bi’a esselima,” or “The people want a clean environment,” the protesters chanted as they marched around this city, the most polluted and cancerous in Tunisia, ...

TUNIS - 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 facility ...

Tunisian authorities have reacted with brutal acts of repression –arbitrary arrests, detention without access to legal ...

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 ...

After a warm Thanksgiving, calm conditions are expected today and into the weekend before temperatures cool down due to a low ...

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 ...

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, ...

GABES, Tunisia - 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 stench ...

For a country that has been hit hard by the pandemic in recent months, the bustling evening parties of Tunisia’s Gabes Cinema Fen festival (18-26 June) felt equally surreal and nostalgic - an exciting ...

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 ...