Sub-Saharan Africans desperate to leave Tunisia after attacks

Nikki Yanga waits outside the embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Tunis, in the hope that she will be repatriated to her home country [Khemaies Ben Braiek/Al Jazeera]

Tunis, Tunisia – Nikki Yanga left the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Tunisia five months ago, dreaming of a better life.

There was the potential to work in Tunisia itself, or to use the North African country as a springboard to travel to Europe, as many migrants and refugees have done in the past.