No, these videos don’t show anti-African migrant attacks in Tunisia
By France24
13 March 2023 |
2:02 pm
We analyse two videos sent to us claiming to show attacks on sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia, just weeks after President Kais Saied's remarks that caused a wave of racist anti-Black violence across the country. Take a look in this edition of Truth or Fake with Vedika Bahl.
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