Tunisian wildfires expose failing infrastructure, community vulnerabilities

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 w...