Sources: Reuters
Twenty-seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are killed, and 83 others are rescued after two boats capsize off the Kerkennah Islands near Tunisia, with searches ongoing for additional missing passengers. 2025-01-1
More than 577 pilgrims from Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Indonesia are confirmed to have died of heat-related illnesses during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. 2024-06-18
The death toll from a boat that sank off the coast of Tunisia increases to 33 after eight more bodies are found. 2023-04-14
A majority of Tunisian voters approve a new constitution, proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution to the country's ongoing political crisis. However, voter turnout was only 30.5%, due to a boycott of the referendum by opposition parties. 2022-07-27
At least 17 migrants are killed after four boats sink off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. 2022-04-23
Around 20 Okba Ibn Nafaa Islamist militants attack a checkpoint in Tunisia's central Kasserine region, killing four police officers and stealing their weapons. 2015-02-17
Three Tunisian security officers are killed in a clash with gunmen in the north of the country. 2011-05-18
Tunisia dissolves the country's secret police, accused of human rights abuses. 2011-03-7
Libyan workers fleeing to Tunisia claim that anti-Gaddafi forces control the town of Zuwarah, 120 km west of Tripoli. 2011-02-24
Tunisian police arrest two politicians linked to former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was recently ousted in a popular uprising. 2011-01-23