by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Sep 21, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Presidential Candidate Ayachi Zammel Sentenced to Prison Summary: On 18 September 2024, the Court of Jendouba sentenced the head of Azimoun party and presidential candidate, Ayachi Zammel, to one year and eight months in prison on two counts of falsifying...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 10, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Attacks Target Tunisians in Europe as Political Tensions Remain Summary: On Sunday, 7 July 2024, a Tunisian man was stabbed to death in Paris while sitting in a bar following an altercation during which his attacker allegedly attempted to steal the man’s...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 11, 2024 | Legal, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Weekend Arrests of Media Commentators in Tense Political Climate Summary: On Saturday, 11 May 2024, lawyer and media commentator Sonia Dahmani was arrested in a widely publicized police operation that was captured on video, for sarcastic comments critical of...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 20, 2024 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: BNA Officials Under Scrutiny as Anti-Corruption Efforts Widen Summary: On 20 February 2024, police arrested two former senior employees of Banque Nationale Agricole (BNA), marking the latest steps in President Kais Saied’s anti-corruption campaign. The two...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 19, 2024 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Suspected Terrorist Arrested in Kasserine in Possession of Explosives Summary: On 19 February 2024, a multi-unit counterterrorism force arrested a member of the Jund al-Khalifa terrorist organization in Kasserine, identifying the individual as “dangerous.”...
