![](https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-Tunisia-phosphate-mining-daniela-sala-photo-1-19_Tunisia-Phosphates_NDS_0521-1.jpg?w=1000)
The Dark Side of Tunisia’s Phosphate Boom
Photos by Daniela Sala for Foreign Policy REDEYEF, Tunisia—In Tunisia’s Gafsa Valley, the desert takes on a different guise. Rather than the picturesque dunes frequented by tourists farther south, the land bears the scars of a deteriorating landscape that …