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Incumbent Tunisian President Kais Saied wins a second term with 90.7% of the vote in the presidential election. The Independent High Authority for Elections reports a voter turnout of 28.8%, the lowest since the 2011 Tunisian revolution.
2024-10-7

Tunisian lawyers launch a one-day strike and protest in Tunis following the recent arrest of two lawyers and repressive measures enacted by President Kais Saied.
2024-05-16

Hundreds of protesters march in Tunis, Tunisia, to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists, and opposition figures.
2024-05-12

Tunisian police close the Supreme Judicial Council building in Tunis and prevent its members and their staff from entering. The legal body was dissolved yesterday by President Kais Saied in a move widely decried within the nation as illegal.
2022-02-7

Tunisia announces new measures that include a nighttime curfew, which will remain in effect until November 15. In addition, movement between provinces without essential reasons will be prohibited, schools will be suspended until November 8 and demonstrations, access to places of worship and gatherings of more than four people in public will also be prohibited.
2020-10-29

Tunisia reports 1,308 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, the health ministry says. This is a new record high since the beginning of the pandemic, prompting the government to impose a nightly curfew in Sousse and Monastir governorates.
2020-10-2

Two suicide bombers on a motorcycle detonate their explosives near the United States embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, killing a policeman and wounding five others.
2020-03-6

A police officer and seven Islamist militants are killed in a gunfight in Tunis, Tunisia.
2014-02-4

Tunisian police shoot dead an Islamist Militant on the outskirt of the capital Tunis in a raid.
2013-08-6

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