by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Nov 15, 2025 | Diplomacy, Economic, Mauritania
Mauritania: Jihadist Blockades in Mali Intensify Refugee Crisis Summary: On 13 October 2025, multiple media outlets reported that the Malian town of Léré, near Timbuktu, had been placed under a strict blockade by Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Sep 20, 2025 | Economic, Mauritania, Political, Social
Mauritania: Jihadists in Mali Disrupting Cross-Border Trade Summary: As of mid-September 2025, jihadist groups operating in Mali were actively disrupting cross-border trade routes with Senegal and Mauritania, causing increasingly serious disruptions to economic...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Sep 7, 2025 | Economic, Mauritania, Political, Social
Mauritania: Jihadist Threat Prompts Plans for Expanded Military Deployments Summary: On 4 September 2025, several news reports indicated that Mauritania is preparing a new deployment of military brigades in Hodh El Gharbi province in 2026, close to Mali’s Kayes and...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 1, 2025 | Diplomacy, Legal, Political, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Repatriation of Tunisian Released from Guantanamo Bay Summary: On 30 December, the US Defense Department announced the repatriation of a Tunisian detainee named Ridha Al-Yazidi, who had been at Guantanamo Bay since its establishment in 2002, raising questions...
