by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jun 11, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: EU Leaders Promise Over $1 Billion in Aid During Joint Visit Summary: On 11 June 2023, several European leaders traveled to Tunis to announce a series of aid packages and assistance programs designed to address surging irregular migration and Tunisia’s...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jun 6, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Meloni Promises Aid During Mid-Week Stop in Tunis Summary: On Tuesday, 6 June 2023, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Tunisia with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan deal and the issue of irregular migration on the agenda. The visit comes...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 31, 2023 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: World Bank Re-engagement to Provide Stabilizing Influence Summary: The World Bank has reached an agreement to re-engage Tunisia following the recent abrupt pause in cooperation. The pause in engagement was a reaction against comments by President Kais Saied...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 3, 2023 | Diplomacy, Tunisia
Tunisia: Calls for Ending All Aid Grow in US Policy Community Summary: In an open letter dated 3 May 2023, a number of senior former US diplomats, academics, and policymakers urged US President Biden to communicate to President Kais Saied that there would be “real...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 22, 2023 | Diplomacy, Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: USAID, World Bank Finance Wheat Purchase as Aid Approach Shifts Summary: On 21 April 2023, the US Ambassador to Tunisia, Joey Hood, announced that the US and the World Bank had partnered to facilitate the financing of a shipment of 25,000 metric tons of...