The Second Time. Ajoké, the Sea, and the Dead City

By RR[X] May 31, 2026. It is almost midnight when Ajoké , a witness for the Women State Trafficking report, writes to me to say she has been arrested. It is the second time since she began her journey a few years ago. She had left her homeland in sub-Saharan Africa, fleeing violence and abuse. Once again, Ajoké was intercepted at sea. The first time, she was arrested by the Tunisian National Guard (GNT), an internal military security force under the Ministry of the Interior. She was savagely beaten, imprisoned in the El Meguissem barracks, and raped. Then she was