At least four dead as floods sweep across Tunisia

January 20, 2026 10:50 PM

At least four dead as floods sweep across Tunisia

At least four people were killed on Tuesday as floods swept across Tunisia amid the worst torrential rain for over 70 years in some regions, and there were fears the death toll could rise, authorities said. The cloudbursts inundated streets, submerged vehicles and disrupted daily life in multiple governorates (provinces) of the North African country, with emergency services struggling to respond to the scale of the flooding. Civil protection teams said several areas were cut off by rising wate...

UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border

July 9, 2024 6:00 PM

UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border

The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border, after the bodies of at least 65 migrants were found at another site earlier this year. In a speech, Volker Turk denounced widespread violations against migrants and refugees in Libya, which straddes a dangerous transit route that runs through the Sahara Desert and across the southern Mediterranean. Abuses against migrants were being "perpetrated ...