by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 27, 2022 | Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Low Referendum Voter Turnout Highlights Lack of Faith in Government Summary: The 25 July 2022 referendum on President Kais Saied’s proposed constitution took place with relatively little fanfare and relatively few Tunisians participating, with national...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 23, 2022 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Ukraine-Russia Wheat Export Agreement Could Help Relieve Food Supply and Price Pressures Summary: On Friday, 22 July 2022, Ukraine and Russia signed a deal, mediated by the United Nations and to be aided heavily in execution by Turkey, to release for export...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 22, 2022 | Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Tensions Build Toward 25 July Referendum Summary: Numerous global media outlets continue to question Tunisia’s democratic future as the 25 July 2022 referendum on President Kais Saied’s draft constitution approaches. Many western analysts continue to warn...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 20, 2022 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Islamist Opposition Leader Questioned Over Financial Links to Terrorism Summary: On 19 July 2022, Rached Ghannouchi, the former speaker of the now dissolved Tunisian Parliament and long-serving leader of Ennahdha, Tunisia’s Islamist movement, was given...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 20, 2022 | Tunisia
Tunisia: Large Fire Threatens Southern Suburbs Summary: Throughout the night of Tuesday, 19 July 2022 and into the morning of Wednesday, 20 July 2022, Tunisian civil defense and military forces, alongside Algerian military aircraft, battled a large forest fire on...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 19, 2022 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Soldier Killed in Firefight with Smugglers at Southern Border Summary: On Monday, 18 July 2022 a Tunisian soldier was killed and another wounded in a firefight with a six-vehicle convoy of smugglers at the small southern border outpost of Borj el Khadra....