by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 25, 2024 | Economic, Legal, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Corruption Issues in Sport Risk Reputational Damage Abroad Summary: In January 2024, multiple issues have surfaced highlighting the challenges of corruption in Tunisian sport, including in both tennis and soccer. In mid-January, Tunisian tennis player Anis...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 24, 2024 | Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: OECD Report Encourages Reform, Competition in Retail Banking Summary: In mid-December 2023, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a report on Tunisia’s retail banking market. It highlighted weaknesses in regulation and...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 24, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: State-Run Steel Firm Emblematic of Deeper Economic Challenges Summary: On 23 January 2024, Minister of Finance Sihem Nemsia announced in a meeting of the Parliament that the Ministry of Economy and Planning was seeking a $70 million loan to support the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 23, 2024 | Economic, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Pyrrhic Victory on Debt Repayment as 2024 Obligations Loom Summary: On 22 January 2024, Tunisia’s Minister of Finance Sihem Nemsia announced that Tunisia had successfully repaid all of its internal and external debts for 2023, temporarily allaying concerns...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 19, 2024 | Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Protests, Search Efforts as 40 Tunisian Migrants Reported Missing Summary: On the night of 10-11 January 2024, a boat carrying around 40 irregular migrants departed for Europe, but in the following days was reported missing, drawing outrage from the small...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 18, 2024 | Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Jendouba Protests over Neglected Roads Reveal Deeper Strains Summary: On 17 January 2024, protestors in Jendouba blocked a road with stones and lit tires on fire, expressing frustration over the state of local roads which have fallen into disrepair. ...
