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
Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur becomes both the first African and first Arab player to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament after defeating Tatjana Maria in the semifinals of the 2022 Wimbledon women's singles. 2022-07-7
Tunisian citizens gather to vote in the country's latest parliamentary election. 2019-10-6
Tunisian authorities acknowledge they are detaining Tunisian national Moncef Kartas, a UN Libyan arms embargo monitor who has diplomatic immunity. Tunisia says Mr. Kartas had traveled in a private capacity on his Tunisian passport. The United Nations has called for his release and for Tunisia to clarify the reason for his arrest. 2019-03-30
Prime Minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali announces that plans for a new government of technocrats has failed. 2013-02-18
Tunisia extradites former Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali Al Mahmoudi. 2012-06-24
A camp in Tunisia for people fleeing the conflict in Libya is destroyed after clashes among refugees and local residents. 2011-05-27
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 issues an international arrest warrant for former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and members of his family who fled the country earlier this month following demonstrations that toppled his regime. 2011-01-26
2010–2011 Tunisian protests: Unrest in Tunisia over youth unemployment continues, with several deaths reported. 2011-01-9