News stories by Ihsan Bouabid

  1. Water for Phosphate, Not People

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    GAFSA, Tunisia, Sep 22 (IPS) - Gafsa region in the south of Tunisia was once an oasis; today the phosphate industry has plunged it into a water crisis.

  2. Detention in Italy Better Than Home in Tunisia

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    GAFSA, Tunisia, Aug 28 (IPS) - A year ago Salim, a 23-year-old from the ancient Tunisian city Gafsa decided to leave his country using a smugglers’ network notorious for transporting desperate Tunisian citizens to Europe by boat.

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