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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

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

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

Tunisia begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the Sputnik V vaccine. Health workers, soldiers, people over age 65, and people with underlying conditions are the first to receive the vaccine.
2021-03-13

Tunisia reports a record 3,074 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide case total to 162,350.
2021-01-11

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

A Tunisian court sentences two French and one German members of the FEMEN movement to four months in jail for protesting topless.
2013-06-12

Clashes break out between police and supporters of the Ansar al-Sharia Islamic organization in Tunisia.
2013-05-19

A court in Tunisia dissolves the political party of the former President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
2011-03-9

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