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In protest, Tunisian player set himself on fire – SUCH TV

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[ad_1] A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said. Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life, his brother said on … Read more

At least 19 migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia | CNN

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[ad_1] At least 19 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a human rights group said on Sunday. In the past four days, five migrant boats have sunk off the southern city of Sfax, leaving 67 missing and nine … Read more