by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 3, 2024 | Diplomacy, Economic, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: World Bank Visit Yields Assurances of Funding Opportunities Summary: During the week of 26 February 2024, World Bank Vice President Ferid Belhaj, who is responsible for the Middle East and North Africa, spent multiple days in Tunisia and eventually affirmed...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 2, 2024 | Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sfax Synagogue Fire Raises Security Concerns Summary: On Sunday 25 February 2024, authorities in Sfax reported that a fire had been extinguished in the courtyard of a building that formerly functioned as a synagogue. No injuries or deaths were reported as...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 20, 2024 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: BNA Officials Under Scrutiny as Anti-Corruption Efforts Widen Summary: On 20 February 2024, police arrested two former senior employees of Banque Nationale Agricole (BNA), marking the latest steps in President Kais Saied’s anti-corruption campaign. The two...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 15, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: New Head of Central Bank Faces Controversial Policy Implementation Summary: On 15 February 2024, President Kais Saied swore new Central Bank Governor Fethi Zouhair Nouri into office, marking a key transition in leadership at a vulnerable economic moment. ...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 7, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Parliament Makes Law Plan for Central Bank to Buy Treasury Bonds Summary: On 6 February 2024, the Tunisian Parliament voted to adopt a law that grants exceptional powers to the Central Bank to purchase treasury bonds, enshrining in law the long-signaled...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 6, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Western Sahara Tensions Surface Again Over Trade Fair Invite Summary: On 1 February 2024, the Polisario Front, which Morocco considers a hostile separatist movement, announced plans to participate in the International Exhibition for Traditional Handicrafts...
