Clashes flared again on Thursday between security forces and residents of a Tunisian town protesting against the reopening of a landfill site they say is a public health hazard. Demonstrations in Agareb earlier in the week, sparked by authorities reversing a decision to close the dump, escalated after the death on Monday night of a protester from what relatives said was tear gas inhalation. Several demonstrators were seen suffering the effects of tear gas. The protests come amid a garbage crisis in the wider Sfax province, with refuse piling up on pavements since the Agareb site closed in September. “That site has lots of bad effects and has caused diseases, poisoning and victims of pollution in Agareb,” he told AFP.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 12, 2021 06:53 UTC