Sources: AP via MSNBC
Hundreds of protesters march in Tunis, Tunisia, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures. 2024-05-12
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
Four people are killed and 10 are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. 2022-05-19
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
Tunisia lifts its nighttime curfew, but imposes vaccine certificates for public events as the number of cases declines. 2021-09-26
Tunisia reports a record 9,823 new cases and 134 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 464,914 and the nationwide death toll to 15,735. 2021-07-7
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
Islamist gunmen kill two Tunisian policemen in clashes in the northeastern city Goubella. 2013-10-17
Police in Tunisia kill at least two people during a protest in the northwestern town of El Kef demanding the resignation of a police chief - crowds retaliate by burning the police station. 2011-02-6
A Tunisian protester who set himself alight in unrest that sparked further protests across the country dies of his injuries. 2011-01-5