Yousra, 21, died in 2019 after being bitten by a mosquito that came from the toxic trash site, Ben Ibrahim said. “I lost my daughter and I don’t want other families to lose their children because of the filth in this landfill,” the 59-year-old said. The protests come amid a garbage crisis across Sfax province that has seen refuse piling up on pavements after the closure of the Agareb site, the province’s main dump. As in the rest of Tunisia, only a small fraction of the region’s waste is recycled, with the rest either buried or incinerated. ‘Basic rights’Activists have warned that similar protests could easily flare over other landfill sites in Tunisia.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 13, 2021 14:08 UTC