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C. Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa and is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast. Smugglers’ boats usually are overloaded and often unseaworthy. Just last week, at least 25 migrants drowned in a boat wreck off the Tunisian coast. Tunisian officials say they rescued 14,000 migrants in the first three months of this year – five times more than in the same period last year.
C. The United Nations reports more than 40,000 migrants have died since 2014 trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe as they fled warfare, drought and extreme poverty. Africa has the world’s poorest countries while Europe has some of the world’s richest nations.
D. Tunis is the nation’s capital and largest city, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.7 million. Many black Africans in Tunisia have sought to return to their home countries south of the Saharan Desert after recent remarks by the nation’s president unleashed a wave of violence against them. He said the migrants were part of a conspiracy to change the demographic composition of largely Arabic Tunisia.
B. Phonecia was located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, primarily located in what is now modern Lebanon and coastal Syria. They were renowned as skilled traders and mariners who became a dominant commercial power. Atlantis, Shambala and Valhalla are mythological places. Ancient Carthage ultimately was destroyed by Rome.