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UNBELIEVABLE: Tunisia town shuttered after libya closes smuggler linked border - Caught on Camera

Shops are shuttered at a market in Tunisia's southern town of Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border (Credit: AFP)

Months into the closure of Tunisia's main border crossing with Libya, a haven for smugglers, shops are shuttered and unemployment has soared in the already-marginalised desert region, merchants say.

Ras Jedir, in Tunisia's south, is a major hub of informal trade between the two North African countries.

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