Sources: BBC
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
Unidentified attackers open fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the border with Libya, killing a soldier, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence. 2024-06-26
Tunisia begins to implement the usage of a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination pass in order to enter cafés, state institutions, banks, and shopping centres despite popular opposition and criticism from Amnesty International. 2021-12-22
Libya and Tunisia reopen their borders with stringent health protocol requiring travellers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and PCR tested negative, two months after the closure on July 8 due to an explosion of COVID-19 cases in the latter country. 2021-09-17
Tunisia completes the construction of a 200km (125 mile) barrier along its border with Libya, intended to keep out terrorists trained in Libya. 2016-02-6
A train crashes with a truck in central Tunisia killing at least 12 people and injuring 70. 2015-06-16
Salem Labyedh resigns as Tunisia's Education Minister following last week's assassination of Mohamed Brahmi. 2013-07-31
Prime Minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali says he will resign if a new "technocratic" government cannot be formed in a few days. Amid protests one policeman dies and tens of protesters are injured. 2013-02-10
Tunisia's new interim government holds its first cabinet meeting. 2011-01-20
One person is killed after security forces open fire on protesters in Bouziane, Tunisia. 2010-12-24