Tag: Tunisia
17 migrants drown, 166 others rescued off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — At least 17 migrants from Bangladesh drowned and more than 300 were rescued by Tunisian and Libyan naval units after their...
Tunisia’s president orders military to manage virus crisis
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s president on Wednesday ordered the military to take over management of the national COVID-19 pandemic response, as the country fights...
Tunisia puts military on vaccination duty as cases soar
KESRA, Tunisia — Soldiers hold rifles to guard the health center in the traditional Tunisian village of Kesra, while inside, military medics use other...
Sinkings leave dozens of migrants dead off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian fishermen and naval authorities have retrieved scores of bodies of drowned migrants and rescued more than 160 others in recent...
At least 43 migrants drown off Tunisia; 84 rescued
TUNIS, Tunisia — At least 43 migrants drowned off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday and 84 others were rescued after their boat capsized...
Understaffed Tunisian hospital battles coronavirus spike
KAIROUAN, Tunisia — A man wearing a protective suit quickly yet carefully places a black sheet over a COVID-19 victim laid out in a...
Tunisian navy rescues 178 migrants, recovers 2 bodies
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian naval forces recovered two bodies and picked up 178 migrants from the Mediterranean on Sunday after the boats transporting them...
Newly sanctified Tunisian cemetery for migrants filling fast
ZARZIS, Tunisia — Most of the headstones have dates but no names. Row after row of palest white, practically gleaming in the Mediterranean sun....
2 migrants dead, more than 100 rescued off Tunisian coast
TUNIS, Tunisia — The bodies of two migrants have been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea and another 20 remain missing a day after two...
Tunisian ship rescues 100 Europe-bound migrants from dinghy
TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian navy frigate rescued 100 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa early Tuesday as their inflatable dinghy foundered in the Mediterranean Sea.
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