by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 22, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Soldier Wounded by IED During Operation in Western Mountains Summary: On 22 March 2023, a Tunisian soldier was wounded by an improvised explosive device during a counterterrorism operation in the Mghila Mountain region. The soldier was evacuated to a...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 21, 2023 | Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Local Council Election Framework Revised Summary: On March 8, 2023, Official Degrees 9 and 10 were published requiring the dissolution of local municipal councils and amending the legal framework by which those councils are elected. The councils have been...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 18, 2023 | Legal, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sentencing for US Embassy Bombing Suspects Handed Down Summary: This week, death sentences by hanging were issued by a Tunisian court for two Tunisians who were involved in the suicide bombing attack that targeted the US Embassy in Tunis on 6 March 2020....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 17, 2023 | Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: New Minister of the Interior Appointed After Charfeddine Resigns Summary: Late on Thursday, 16 March 2023, Toufik Charfeddine reportedly resigned as Minister of the Interior. On 17 March, President Kais Saied issued two decrees, one officially removing...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 17, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Saied Asserts Claims to Bouri Field, Confusing Libyan Policymakers Summary: On 16 March 2023, President Kais Saied asserted that Tunisia maintains a claim to the Bouri offshore oil field, leading to a scramble among Libyan officials to respond. Multiple...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 16, 2023 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Debt Servicing Absorbs Growing Revenues as Sovereign Risk Rises Summary: January and February 2023 data indicate that the servicing of Tunisia’s external debts has absorbed nearly 90% of income from tourism and remittances. The overall cost of external debt...
