by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 9, 2023 | Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Multi-Year Drop in Rainfall Threatens Crops, Livelihoods Summary: As Tunisia enters a third winter of below-average rainfalls, a country-wide drought continues to threaten the upcoming harvests upon which many rural residents depend for their livelihoods....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 6, 2023 | Economic, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: 2022 Economic Indicators Highlight Depth of Tunisia’s Crisis Summary: As of early January 2023, multiple economic indicators continued pointing to the challenges that Tunisia is navigating: On 28 December 2022, foreign exchange reserves rose above a 100-day...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 5, 2023 | Economic, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Lawyers Protest Citing Increased Tax Burden Summary: On 5 January 2023, Tunisian lawyers protested at the Ministry of Justice against a new tax on their profession. Tunisia’s Bar Association organized the protest, citing stipulations in the recently...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 2, 2023 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Transport Workers Strike, Halting Metro and Bus Service Summary: On 2 January 2023, ground transportation workers held a strike in protest of delayed wage payments. Metro and bus employees did not work, disrupting transport throughout the capital city of...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 11, 2022 | Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Medicine Shortage Exasperated by Wholesale Distributor Strike Summary: On 5 December 2022, the Union of Wholesale Medicine Suppliers announced a labor strike. The strike was called to protest the government’s failure to respond to demands to reduce the tax...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 25, 2022 | Diplomacy, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: EU Official Stresses Tunisian Role in Countering Irregular Migration Summary: On Friday, 25 November 2022, Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Othman Jerandi met with the European Union’s (EU) Special Representative for Sahel Africa. Special Representative...
