The empty Sidi Salem dam in the northern Tunisian area of Testour, in the Beja province, in 2021. Hundreds of thousands of Tunisians lack access to clean water. AFP
The empty Sidi Salem dam in the northern Tunisian area of Testour, in the Beja province, in 2021. Hundreds of thousands of Tunisians lack access to clean water. AFP

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Tunisians brace for harsher annual water shortage as temperatures climb

Centuries-old problem has been exacerbated by economic policy and climate change

Erin Clare Brown
Erin Clare Brown
Tunis

June 30, 2022

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