How Tunisia's impoverished southeast remained COVID-19 free - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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A person rides a camel after the conclusion of the last day of activities at the Sahara Festival on December 23, 2018, in Douz, Tunisia. — Stephanie Keith/Getty Images for Lumix

DOUZ, TUNISIA: An abandoned Berber village sits in dunes in the vicinity of Zaafarane, near the southern Tunisian town of Douz, 24 December 2006 as the 39th International Sahara Festival opens. The festival, held 600 kms (370 miles) south of Tunis, draws locals and tourists for a cultural event that celebrates the region's heritage and desert people. AFP PHOTO FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)

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A general view shows a empty street in Sidi Bou Said, an attractive tourist destination, as the country extended the lockdown by two weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tunis, Tunisia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC2RVF9FUCSQ

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Tunisians wave banners and their national flag while they shout slogans against the country's ruling Islamist Ennahda party, on November 27, 2013 in the central Tunisian town of Gafsa, as a general strike was called to protest against poverty and lack of development. Angry protesters set fire to the Ennahda party in the neglected Gafsa region, as strikes were observed in areas amid rising discontent and political deadlock. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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