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...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 15, 2023 | Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Freedom House Marks Decline in Political, Civil Liberties Summary: This week, Freedom House released its 2023 report on political rights and civil liberties in Tunisia, noting a significant decline in the country’s numerical score which is based on ratings...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 14, 2023 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Opposition Social Media Page Managers Detained Summary: On 13 March 2023, the Ministry of the Interior (MoI) announced that an Ariana court had ordered the arrest of four individuals responsible for managing social media pages affiliated with opposition...
