by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 19, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Ghriba Pilgrimage Scaled Down Due to Gaza War Summary: On 19 April 2024, organizers of the annual Jewish pilgrimage and festival to the Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba announced that the event would be significantly scaled back, with much of the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 17, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: PM Meloni Visits Tunis as Migrant Arrivals Surge Summary: On 17 April 2024, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conducted an official visit to Tunisia, meeting with President Kais Saied as migration attempts from Tunisia to Italy have surged with the onset...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 12, 2024 | Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Self-Immolations Point to Growing Economic and Social Strain Summary: On 9 April 2024, a 22-year-old man in the village of Bouhajla in the governorate of Kairouan died after self-immolating near a police station following a dispute with local police...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 6, 2024 | Diplomacy, Economic, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Border Crossing Still Closed as Libyan Actors Jockey for Control Summary: The Ras Jedir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia remained closed, with various high-level discussions continuing within Libya to determine who will control it on the Libyan side....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 1, 2024 | Economic, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Tunisair in Crosshairs of Pre-Election Anti-Corruption Campaign Summary: On 1 April 2024, President Kais Saied conducted an unannounced review of Tunisair operations at Tunis-Carthage International Airport, decrying the corruption and inefficiency that have...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 1, 2024 | Economic, Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Public Transit Remains Focus of Corruption, Mismanagement Probes Summary: Early last week, prosecutors announced arrest warrants for four TRANSTU officials accused of financial mismanagement as public sector firms remain under scrutiny for corruption and...
