A Tunisian man was killed in clashes with migrants from sub-Saharan countries (reported from Raialyoum – July 4, 2023)

Bread – the symbol of rebellion in Tunisia from the bread riots of the early 1980s, to the 2011 revolt that overthrew the Ben Ali clique to today’s protests over the deepening socio-economic crisis

(Note: Ibraham K and I are preparing a video on Algeria, Tunisia and their efforts to join the BRICS. It will appear sometime in the next week. In preparation for that program, I’ll post a few articles on the goings-on in both countries, whose situations I have tried to follow over the years. From June, 1966 to the end of October, 1968 I was a Peace Corps Volunteer – and briefly at the end staff member – in Tunis and Sousse, Tunisia, a place and time that profoundly influenced whatever it is that I became afterwards. This is a short article on a growing problem in Tunisia. Article is from Raialyoum – an Arabic news service., translated from Arabic to English with Google Translate which works pretty good.)

A Tunisian man was killed in clashes with migrants from sub-Saharan countries

Tunisia (Reuters) – A judicial spokesman in Tunisia said today, Tuesday, that a Tunisian was killed following clashes between local residents and migrants from sub-Saharan African countries in the southern city of Sfax, in the midst of violence that has been escalating for days. with immigrants.

Sfax, the economic capital of Tunisia, is teeming with thousands of immigrants from sub-Saharan African countries who want to set off on boats to Europe across its coasts. The coasts of Sfax became a major starting point towards the Italian islands.

Faouzi Mesmoudi, a spokesman for the Sfax 1 court, said that the police had arrested three Africans suspected of being responsible for the killing of the Tunisian man.

He added that the killing came after nights of clashes in the city between residents and illegally divided immigrants.

Over the past two nights, the police fired tear gas to disperse the clashes.