by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jun 10, 2026 | Economic, Mauritania, Political
Mauritania: Controversy Over Fuel Prices Drives Scrutiny of Swiss Supplier Summary: On 9 June 2026, leaders of the opposition, including the Pôle de la Coordination de l’Opposition Démocratique (PCOD), criticized the government’s fuel pricing policy and the continued...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 27, 2026 | Economic, Mauritania, Political, Security
Mauritania: Opposition Plans Events to Highlight Frustration Over Living Conditions Summary: On 26 May 2026, SaharaMedias reported that the Democratic Opposition Coalition is planning to organize public events in interior cities in protest against deteriorating living...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Apr 24, 2026 | Diplomacy, Mauritania, Political, Social
Mauritania: Ghazouani Projects Stability Abroad as Political Tensions Mount at Home Summary: On 15 April 2026, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani held a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The state visit was the...
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....
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Sep 7, 2023 | Political, Social, Tunisia
Tunisia: More Ennahdha Figures Arrested, Further Disrupting Opposition Summary: This week saw additional arrests of opposition figures in Tunisia, including several additional senior leaders of the Ennahdha party as pressure on the country’s political opposition...