Tunisian wildfires expose failing infrastructure, community vulnerabilities
Severe wildfires in Tunisia have devastated local farms and livelihoods, highlighting the country's failing infrastructure and lack of emergency resources. Residents in affected areas report a lack of state support and water for firefighting efforts.
Why it matters
The disaster underscores the vulnerability of rural communities to climate-driven events and the inadequacy of state-provided disaster management.
For families in Tunisia’s north, the wildfires have meant lost homes, livestock and harvests.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Farmer Mongi Abdeli stands among the burned remains of his farm in Kef governorate, Tunisia [Ghaya Ben Mbarek/Al Jazeera] By Ghaya Ben Mbarek Published On 31 Jul 2026 31 Jul 2026 Sakiet Sidi Youssef, Tunisia – Smoke still lingers over the blackened hills surrounding the village of el-Gol near the town of Sakiet Sidi Youssef in Tunisia’s mountainous Kef governorate, days after one of the worst wildfires to hit the region this summer.
Standing outside the charred remains of his farm near the Algerian border, 70-year-old Mongi Abdeli struggles to put into words the scale of what has been lost.
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