Sources: AP via MSNBC
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
Four people are killed and 10 are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. 2022-05-19
Residents of Essouassi, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia, torch the local police station, and a police vehicle, after two young men are killed in a traffic accident with a police vehicle. Personnel evacuate the facility, and no one is hurt. 2021-04-15
The Tunisian Parliament votes 134 to 72 to reject a cabinet proposed by Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli. President Kais Saied has 10 days to select someone else to build a new government. 2020-01-10
More than 80 people are missing after a migrant boat capsizes off the coast of Tunisia, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 2019-07-4
Authorities identify the attacker as a 31-year-old Tunisian resident in France, who was killed during the exchange of gunfire with police. The man was known to police in connection with petty crime, but was not on the French intelligence service watch list. 2016-07-15
In the wake of serious rioting, Tunisia declares an overnight curfew for eight regions, including the capital Tunis. 2012-06-12
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
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