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Garbage piled up in the Tunisian city of Sfax / credit: Alessandra Bajec

Long-Running Mismanagement Behind Waste Disaster in Tunisia’s Sfax Region

Alessandra Bajec January 19, 2022 Alessandra Bajec

The months-long deteriorating environmental situation in Tunisia took a hopeful turn after the government started clearing piles of trash from the coastal city of Sfax, vowing to create a new dump. Experts and activists point to poor governance and corruption underlying the continuing waste crisis in the north African country, reports Alessandra Bajec.

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