Heatwave hits North Africa, with power cuts in Tunisia and wildfires in Algeria

A punishing heatwave is gripping North Africa. RFI English reports that in Tunisia, prolonged power outages across the country have compounded the strain, with temperatures reaching as high as forty-nine degrees Celsius. In neighboring Algeria, the interior minister said this week that more than one hundred people were hospitalized after wildfires broke out.

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