by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Feb 17, 2025 | Economic, Legal, Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: Olive Oil Fraud Shocks Industry Highlighting Due Diligence Needs Summary: On February 17, 2025, the well-known Greek online newspaper specializing in coverage of the olive oil industry, “Olivenews”, published an article about a major fraud in Tunisian olive...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 12, 2025 | Algeria, Diplomacy, Economic, Political, Security
Algeria: Denied Return of TikTok Influencer Ratchets of Tensions with France Summary: On 10 January 2025, French Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, accused Algeria of “trying to humiliate France” after Algeria refused to accept an Algerian influencer who was...
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 | 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. ...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 27, 2024 | Legal, Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Sentences in Chokri Belaid Case Leave Some Unsatisfied Summary: On 27 March 2024, a Tunisian prosecutor confirmed that six people had been charged in the 2013 assassination of political opposition leader Chokri Belaid, with four receiving the death penalty....
