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Environment: Beach pollution in TunisiaF

By Akim Rezgui with Francoise Kadri in Tunis: Tahar Jaouebi looks out from a beach south of Tunis remembering the 1990s, when the water was still clean enough to bathe in. "Now I can't swim any more, and neither can my son," he says. Jaouebi, 47, is one of hundreds of...

Libyan’s electricity crisisF

By Hamza Mekouar: Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with generators ready to spring into action whenever the mains electricity supply cuts out. In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow of longtime...

Tunisia: Despite poverty and hardship, southern Tunisians are welcoming of migrantsF

By Zeďneb Boughzou In the front row of a small classroom, three women, all different nationalities, avidly learn French in southern Tunisia's stifling summer heat -- grateful for support from an umbrella of charities. Based in the city of Medenine, it's a rare locally...

Tunisia’s model seaweed farmingF

By Kaouther Larbi Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the in-demand plant. Red seaweed or algae is used for gelling, thickening and texturing...
Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

By Boureima Hama Few countries in the world struggle with as many burdens as Niger. The arid Sahel state is the...

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