Algeria-Tunisia Border Crossings Reopen after 2 Years of Closure

Cars cross at the north-western Tabarka border post, on the first day of its reopening on July 15, 2022, after more than two years of closure due to the Covid pandemic. (AFP)

Several cars and signs celebrating Tunisian-Algerian friendship marked the reopening Friday of land borders between the two countries, more than two years after they closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Authorities expect more than a million Algerian visitors, most of them tourists, to enter Tunisia during the summer months.