by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 19, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Ghriba Pilgrimage Scaled Down Due to Gaza War Summary: On 19 April 2024, organizers of the annual Jewish pilgrimage and festival to the Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba announced that the event would be significantly scaled back, with much of the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 17, 2024 | Diplomacy, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: PM Meloni Visits Tunis as Migrant Arrivals Surge Summary: On 17 April 2024, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conducted an official visit to Tunisia, meeting with President Kais Saied as migration attempts from Tunisia to Italy have surged with the onset...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 15, 2024 | Security, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Violence in Tunis Neighborhoods Raises Security Concerns Summary: Over the weekend of 13 and 14 April 2024, police arrested over 30 individuals following violent clashes between rival groups of young people in the Ettadhaman neighborhood of Tunis in the...
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 10, 2024 | Diplomacy, Economic, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Australian Mining Firm Wins Research Permit for Ras Ghzir Summary: In early April 2024, Australia mining firm PhosCo reported securing a research permit for the Ras Ghzir lead and zinc deposit situated near the border of the governates of Kef and Kasserine. ...
