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28 migrants die after boats capsize off Tunisia coast

Beijing News 27 Mar 2023
Tunisia has taken over from Libya as a main departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East. While all of the arrivals during the weekend in Lampedusa were from boats that departed from Tunisia, the Italian interior ministry said the majority of those arriving are from sub-Saharan Africa, as per the CNN report.
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29 Migrant Bodies Recovered Off Tunisian Coast

Voa News 27 Mar 2023
The bodies of at least 29 people, many of them sub-Saharan Africans, were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend off the coast of Tunisia, according to the Tunisian ...
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Migrant rescue ship funded by Banksy is impounded in Italy after responding to distress calls ...

The Daily Mail 27 Mar 2023
Over the weekend alone, an estimated 3,300 migrants - many departing on small boats from Libya or Tunisia's coastal city of Sfax - were rescued in the Mediterranean and were heading toward Italian ports to disembark, the Italian coast guard said ... Also over the weekend, Libya's ...
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Group says Libyan coast guard fired shots over rescue ship

Arab News 27 Mar 2023
Over the weekend alone, an estimated 3,300 migrants — many departing on small boats from Libya or Tunisia’s coastal city of Sfax — were rescued in the Mediterranean and were heading toward Italian ports to disembark, the Italian coast guard said ... a particularly busy weekend.
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19 African migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia coastIn the last four days, five ...

Deccan Herald 26 Mar 2023
At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the Tunisia coast as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday, the latest migrant boat disaster off Tunisia ... Tunisia.
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29 dead, 11 rescued off Tunisia in migrant boat sinkings

Jamaica Observer 26 Mar 2023
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Boat sinkings off the coast of Tunisia over the weekend killed at least 29 people from countries in sub-Saharan Africa who were trying to make the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, ...
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29 dead, 11 rescued off Tunisia coast as migrant boats sinkA Tunisian NGO that tracks ...

Deccan Herald 26 Mar 2023
Boat sinkings off the coast of Tunisia over the weekend killed at least 29 people who were trying to make the perilous crossing across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, the Tunisian National Guard said on Sunday ... Best Of DH On Weekends Political Theatre Subscribe Now ... Tunisia.
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Tunisia: Boat carrying sub-Saharan Africa migrant workers sinks; 29 killed, 11 rescued

India TV 26 Mar 2023
Tunisia. Boat sinkings off the coast of Tunisia over the weekend killed at least 29 people from countries in sub-Saharan Africa who were trying make the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, the Tunisian National Guard said on Sunday ... ....
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At least 29 people dead and 11 rescued after small boats sink off the coast of Tunisia

ITV 26 Mar 2023
At least 29 people have died after small boats sunk off the coast of Tunisia over the weekend, the Tunisian National Guard has said ... Tunisian fishermen recovered 19 bodies, while others were recovered by the Coast Guard, who said they also rescued 11 survivors ... Mississippi ... .
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Italian authorities detain Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat

The Observer 26 Mar 2023
On Sunday at least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa died while trying to reach Italy after two boats carrying them across the Mediterranean sank off the coast of Tunisia. Over the weekend, Italian authorities instructed the NGO vessel to head to the seaport of Trapani, after it ...
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Tunisia's Saied revives oil sharing controversy with Libya

The New Arab 20 Mar 2023
"Tunisia only got a few crumbs from the Bouri field. ()The intention was to divide this field into two halves between Tunisia and Libya, which would secure all the needs of Tunisia and more," said President Saied on 16 March during his visit to the Tunisian Corporation for Petroleum Activities.
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Pretorius Picks Up Gold in Tunisia

All Africa 15 Mar 2023
Promising Zimbabwean judoka Christi-Rose Pretorius left a mark at the Tunis Junior African Cup 2023 when she scooped a gold medal in the women's +78kg weight division over the weekend in Tunisia ....
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World Bank halts Tunisia program over president's migrant remarksAccording to official figures, there are around ...

Deccan Herald 06 Mar 2023
The World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country's president, Kais Saied, according to an internal message to staff seen by AFP ... Hundreds of migrants have flown home from Tunisia, fearful of a wave of violence since the president's remarks ... Tunisia.
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Why has the West allowed Tunisia to slip into dictatorship?

The Spectator 06 Mar 2023
Tunisia has become a police state ... A few stories converged over the past week in Tunisia, resulting in major protests over the weekend ... Tunisia’s current political crisis arose at least in part because the president dismissed fifty judges and prosecutors in August last year.

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