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A court in Tunisia sentences opposition leader Abir Moussi to two years in prison for insulting the election commission. The court also sentences four potential presidential candidates, including activist Nizar Chaari, to eight months in prison and bans them from running for office on charges of vote buying.
2024-08-6

President of Tunisia Kais Saied dismisses the Minister of Religious Affairs after 49 Tunisians are reported to have died in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
2024-06-21

Tunisian lawyers launch a one-day strike and protest in Tunis following the recent arrest of two lawyers and repressive measures enacted by President Kais Saied.
2024-05-16

Tunisian citizens head to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum, which was proposed by President Kais Saied as a solution to the country's ongoing political crisis.
2022-07-25

The Tunisian judiciary announces that it will suspend work in all of the courts and go on strike for a week in response to President Kais Saied dismissing 57 judges earlier this week.
2022-06-4

Police in Tunisia arrest a lawmaker and a TV presenter for calling president Kais Saied a traitor over his seizure of power in July. The arrests were ordered by the military judiciary for "conspiring against state security and insulting the army".
2021-10-3

Human rights activists in Tunisia stage protests against a planned visit by Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2018-11-26

The President of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, states that Tunisia is prepared to extradite former Prime Minister of Libya Baghdadi Mahmudi to Tripoli to face charges of abuse of office, if the Libyan government can guarantee a fair trial.
2012-01-2

Tunisian officials negotiate the formation of a supervisory council to oversee the country's interim government, in an effort to appease protesters angry at the continued presence in the cabinet of holdovers linked to deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’sregime.
2011-01-24

Tunisia's prime minister Mohamed Ghannouchi promises in a TV interview to leave politics "in the shortest possible timeframe" after elections to be held following President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's recent fall.
2011-01-22