Sources: BBC
A Tunisian court sentences opposition party leader Lotfi Mraïhi, a potential presidential candidate, to eight months in prison on a charge of vote buying, and also bans Mraïhi from running in presidential elections. 2024-07-19
In tennis, Markéta Vondroušová of the Czech Republic defeats Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first unseeded player in history to win the Wimbledon title. 2023-07-15
At least 39 people are dead while 165 others are rescued when two boats sink off the coast of Tunisia while trying to reach Lampedusa, Italy. 2021-03-9
Tunisia becomes the third country in Africa to register the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine after the country approves the vaccine for one year. 2021-01-30
The results of the recent Tunisian parliamentary election are announced with the secular Nidaa Tounes party winning a plurality of seats. 2014-10-29
Tens of thousands of Tunisians demonstrate over the economic crisis in three cities calling for greater investment in their impoverished regions. Clashes broke out in the town of Siliana between the police and protesters following general strikes. 2013-11-27
Tunisian police shoot dead an Islamist Militant on the outskirt of the capital Tunis in a raid. 2013-08-6
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
In the wake of serious rioting, Tunisia declares an overnight curfew for eight regions, including the capital Tunis. 2012-06-12
Protests against unemployment grow more violent as Tunisian security forces crack down on the residents in Sidi Bou Zid Governorate and a teenager is killed when police open fire. 2010-12-26