Sources: BBC
Incumbent Tunisian President Kais Saied wins a second term with 90.7% of the vote in the presidential election. The Independent High Authority for Elections reports a voter turnout of 28.8%, the lowest since the 2011 Tunisian revolution. 2024-10-7
Two people are killed and 31 others are injured by a train crash near M'saken, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia. 2023-06-21
A man is killed as police in the town of Aguereb, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia, use tear gas against a protest outside a hospital where injured protesters are recovering. A police station is also set on fire. 2021-11-9
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announces that the niqab will be banned in public institutions effective immediately, citing security concerns following a pair of suicide bombings on June 27. 2019-07-5
A migrant boat capsizes near the Kerkennah Islands off the coast of Tunisia, killing at least 35 people, while 67 others are rescued by the Tunisian coast guard. 2018-06-3
Tunisia announces plans to close down 80 "propagandist" mosques following yesterday's attacks in which 39 people died. 2015-06-27
Two Tunisian soldiers are killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb while hunting Al-Qaeda militants in a mountainous region near the Algerian border. 2013-06-6
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
A Tunisian protester who set himself alight in unrest that sparked further protests across the country dies of his injuries. 2011-01-5
Tunisia jails Fahem Boukadous, the journalist who covered violent protests in Gafsa in 2008. Boukadous was already in hospital with breathing problems before his jailing. 2010-07-7