by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 26, 2025 | Economic, Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Drops in Food, Energy Exports Drive Expanding Trade Deficit Summary: An April 2025 report issued by the National Observatory of Energy and Mines indicated that the deficit in the energy trade balance at the end of February 2025 showed an increase of 10%...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 12, 2024 | Political, Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Self-Immolations Point to Growing Economic and Social Strain Summary: On 9 April 2024, a 22-year-old man in the village of Bouhajla in the governorate of Kairouan died after self-immolating near a police station following a dispute with local police...
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...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Aug 19, 2022 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Food and Fuel Shortages Test Patience with Saied’s Reforms Summary: As of mid-September 2022, shortages of food staples and fuel have continued to spread and grow in severity. Critical food staples such as flour, milk, butter, cooking oil, and sugar have...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jul 13, 2022 | Economic, Tunisia
Tunisia: Food Shortages Driven by Ukraine War Point to Deepening Cost Crisis Summary: The war in Ukraine continues to disrupt grain supplies to Tunisia, driving up costs and deepening the government debt crisis. A recent flour shortage was curbed by government...
