A man looks on as a digger spreads sand on a beach in the tourist town of Hammamet as authorities fight to protect the coast from rising sea levels and erosion — FETHI BELAID In Tunisia's seaside town ...

GABES, Tunisia, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Tunisian coastal town of Ghannouch is home to about 600 fishermen, but early one Wednesday morning last month there was hardly a rod or boat ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president declared a state of emergency on Saturday in response to a second deadly attack on foreigners in three months, saying the country is “not safe” and risks ...

In Tunisia's renowned seaside town of Hammamet, bulldozers are busy spreading sand - part of a controversial beach nourishment operation to combat erosion caused by rising sea levels. The Barron's ...

Tunisia has already lost more than 90 kilometres of beaches to erosion, according to official figures from last year. Of the country's 570 kilometres of sandy beaches suitable for swimming, 190 ...

In Tunisia's seaside town of Hammamet, bulldozers diligently shovel sand from a nearby desert onto a popular beach in an attempt to stop it from disappearing due to erosion. "This beach is the ...