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Tunisia: Headed Towards A ‘Thirst Uprising’?
September 16th, 2016
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Middle East & North Africa: Food vs. Water
July 21st, 2008
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Tunisia: Headed Towards A ‘Thirst Uprising’?
September 16th, 2016
Via Al Monitor, a look at Tunisia’s water crisis which, according to some analysts, may be the spark to the next revolution in the nation: On Sept. 12, the people of Fernana — a small town located in northwestern Tunisia — gathered at the pumping station that supplies water to Tunis and threatened to cut off the supply to […]
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Middle East & North Africa: Food vs. Water
July 21st, 2008
As reported in The International Herald Tribune, global food shortages have placed the Middle East and North Africa in a quandary, forcing them to choose between growing more crops to feed an expanding population or preserving their already scant supply of water. As the article notes: “…For decades nations in this region have drained aquifers, […]
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