In-depth: In the coastal city of Sfax, escalating racial tensions between local Tunisians and sub-Saharan African migrants have sparked violent clashes, anti-migrant protests, and mass deportations.
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Jamila Debbech Ksiksi, Black Tunisian activist and ex-member of parliament, died on December 19, 2022 in a traffic accident on the Tunis-Sfax highway, an accident which also killed her sister, Amel Debbech. Ksiksi was a key figure in the anti-racism movement in Tunisia. In collaboration with Black Tunisian and sub-Saharan civil society members, she helped mobilize against anti-Black racism following the revolution in 2011.
One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away and then raping .