Inside Ben Guerdane

A market in Ben Guerdane. (L. Bryant/VOA)

Tunisia closed its Ras Jedir border crossing in March after IS attack on Ben Guerdane. (L. Bryant/VOA)

High prices for goods after Libya closed its border and Tunisia's economic downturn means hard times for Ben Guerdane market seller Choukri Yahia. (L. Bryant/VOA)

Ben Guerdane traffic to Libya. (L. Bryant/VOA)

Ben Guerdane market seller Choukri Yahia. (L. Bryant/VOA)

Libyan oil is now smuggled in truck reservoirs and poured into containers like these on Tunisian side of border. (L. Bryant/VOA)

A Ben Guerdane resident filling a tank with Libyan oil. (L. Bryant/VOA)

Abdelbasset Abdelmoumen (L) and Mohamed Jbara, both with university degrees and both unemployed, at a cafe in Ben Guerdane. (L. Bryant/VOA)