North African ostrich especially in northern Sahara, where North African ostriches had been extinct for 50 years. Ostriches were imported from Chad and reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park in Morocco. In Tunisia, North African ostriches were once common in the southern region of the country. The subspecies had been extirpated since 1887. In 2014, North African ostriches were finally returned to Tunisia after 127 years of being extinct. The birds were first reintroduced to Dghoumès National Park. They were then reintroduced to Sidi Toui National Park, and then to Orbata Faunal Reserve. It is planned that the red-necked ostrich will also recover in
SS Commissaire Ramel SS Commissaire Ramel SS "Commissaire Ramel" was a French cargo-passenger ship, launched in 1920, that was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the during World War II. The ship was built by the "Société Provençale de Construction Navale" in La Ciotat under the name "General Duchesne", but was renamed "Commissaire Ramel" before launching, in honour of Paul Ramel, the purser of the ship , who was lost when his ship was torpedoed on 11 February 1917, and posthumously awarded the légion d'honneur. Displacing 16,620 tonnes, and 8,814 gross register tonnage, the ship was 152.50 metres long, with a beam of