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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Simon Speakman Cordall

Africans attacked, flee Sfax, as Tunisia racial tensions explode

African migrants wait for a train as they flee to Tunis during unrest in Sfax following the stabbing of a Tunisian man [Houssem Zouari/AFP]

Sfax, Tunisia – Fear mixes with resignation at Sfax’s louage station, the marshalling point for the shared taxis that connect Tunisia.

The long and motionless line to escape the city comprises representatives from most of sub-Saharan Africa. Many have already experienced intense hardship on their long and hazardous journeys to Tunisia. Now, after an altercation with a local man turned deadly, they are fleeing Sfax for fear of their lives.

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