Sources: BBC
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
Five people are killed and nine more injured during a mass shooting at the El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. The perpetrator is shot dead. 2023-05-9
Tunisia lifts its nighttime curfew, but imposes vaccine certificates for public events as the number of cases declines. 2021-09-26
The Tunisian interior ministry deploys the national guard in several cities across the country and reports that a total of 632 people have been arrested following a series of riots that first occurred January 15, a day after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases. 2021-01-18
German authorities arrest a Tunisian man accused of building a ricin bomb. 2018-06-20
Two hotels in Sousse, Tunisia came under attack from an unknown number of gunmen; at least 37 people have been killed and 36 injured. 2015-06-26
In the wake of serious rioting, Tunisia declares an overnight curfew for eight regions, including the capital Tunis. 2012-06-12
Representatives of more than seventy countries meet in Tunisia to discuss supporting the opposition in the Syrian uprising. 2012-02-24
Tunisia's interim President Fouad Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resign from the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party amid a row over the make-up of the new government. 2011-01-18
2010 Tunisian protests: Protests in Tunisia over unemployment and poor living conditions are criticized by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during a national television broadcast; he warns of "firm" punishment. 2010-12-28