News Tunisia Gafsa: Gafsa uprising & transitional justice: trials must not stop at being symbolic
Wednesday 26 September was a momentous day at the court of First Instance of Gafsa. Emotions ran high as the activists and leaders of the uprising of the Gafsa Mining Basin of 2008 walked into the same court room in which they were beaten up, unfairly tried and sentenced less than 10 years ago. Only this time, they walked in through the main door as victims waiting to see the perpetrators prosecuted- not defendants accused of plotting against the state. Their only crime in 2008? Daring to peacefully protest what they considered to be unfair employment practices, nepotism and lack of transparency by the state-owned Phosphate Company of Gafsa, the region’s main - if not sole - employer.
News Tunisia Gafsa: Before the Jasmine Bloom: Leyla Bouzid’s “As I Open My Eyes”
Even as the ‘Arab Spring’ set in Tunisia in 2010 ... to join the governing party was posted far away from Tunis in Gafsa phosphate mines. The significance is that it was from these mines ...
News Tunisia Gafsa: Tunisia: pistachio production down in Gafsa
The quantities of pistachios produced in the governorate of Gafsa are estimated, this season, at 1,200 tons, in reduction compared to last year when the harvest reached 1600 tons. This decrease is ...
News Tunisia Gafsa: Ghost workers sap Tunisia's phosphate wealth
Since then, the economy has been in crisis and CPG has lost its spot as the country's top exporter. Loans from the International Monetary Fund have kept the government afloat. CPG's hiring spree brought its total workforce to about 30,000 and aimed to reduce the number of unemployed to stop
News Tunisia Gafsa: Tunisia: landmine explosion injures 4 in Gafsa
(MENAFN) The Tunisian government stated that a landmine blast injured four civilians in Orbata mountain in Tunisia's southwestern province of Gafsa on Saturday. "All the wounded were evacuated by ...
News Tunisia Gafsa: Tunisia: CPG expects 55% increase in phosphate sales volume by end of 2019
The Gafsa Phosphate Company (CPG) is eying a 55% rise in the quantities of phosphate sales by the end of 2019, to 4.5 million tons, provided some conditions are met. According to a document ...
News Tunisia Gafsa: Tunisia seeks to increase its phosphate exports by 55 pct in 2019
TUNIS, May 9 (Reuters) - The state-run company Phosphate Gafsa plans to raise its phosphate exports by 55 percent in 2019 to 4.5 million tonnes, TAP state news agency said on Thursday. Tunisia ...
