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
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
At least 29 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when two boats sink off the coast of Tunisia. 2023-03-26
Voters in Tunisia go to the polls to elect a new president. Conservative academic Kais Saied wins more than 70% of the votes. 2019-10-13
Germany is considering sending troops to Tunisia to help train the Tunisian Army in the fight against Islamist militants, particularly ISIL who control territory in neighboring Libya. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20160221-germany-mulling-military-training-mission-tunisia?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&aef_campaign_date=2016-02-21&dlvrit=66745 (France 24)]date=August 2019 2016-02-21
Tunisian Islamists agree in principle with a transition plan to hold new elections. 2013-08-22
Clashes break out between police and supporters of the Ansar al-Sharia Islamic organization in Tunisia. 2013-05-19
The Libyan oil minister, Shukri Ghanem, reportedly defects to Tunisia. 2011-05-17
Nearly 1,000 Tunisian refugees arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, a day after the government declared a humanitarian emergency. 2011-02-13
Jordanians echo events in Tunisia by staging their own protests against soaring food prices. 2011-01-15