Sources: AP via MSNBC
Eleven people are killed and 12 others are missing after a boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia. 2022-09-8
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
Tunisia announces the closure of all schools and restrictions on movement, which include a 7:00 p.m. curfew for vehicles, until April 30 to reduce the spread of COVID-19. 2021-04-17
A Tunisian National Guard officer and three fighters from an armed group are killed in a security operation in the region of Kasserine, Tunisia. 2019-09-2
Tunisia's army and security forces kill another five suspected terrorists in an operation near the Libyan border. 2016-03-8
Eleven people are killed when a Libyan Air Force plane crashes from a suspected engine fire in Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia. 2014-02-21
A general strike is called in Tunisia following the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi on July 25. 2013-07-26
Prime Minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali resigns after failing to reach an agreement on forming a new technocratic government. 2013-02-19
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
During demonstrations in Tunis, approximately 1000 people call for jobs, in solidarity with protesters elsewhere in Tunisia. Police use batons and at least a dozen protesters are injured and others faint. 2010-12-27