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Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi fires Minister for Public Health Faouzi Mehdi and appoints Mohamed Trabelsi as caretaker Minister for Public Health amid a collapse of the nation's healthcare system due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
2021-07-20

Tunisia reports a record 5,251 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, prompting the government to extend the curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. beginning from July 1.
2021-06-29

The Tunisian interior ministry deploys the national guard in several cities across the country and reports that a total of 632 people have been arrested following a series of riots that first occurred January 15, a day after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
2021-01-18

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

Tuinisia's presidential election appears headed for a runoff between incumbent interim President Moncef Marzouki and former Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi.
2014-11-23

Prime Minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali resigns after failing to reach an agreement on forming a new technocratic government.
2013-02-19

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

A major crisis deepens in Tunisia after the murder of Chokri Belaid. The leading party Ennahda states that it will not accept a new government, even if suggested by its leading member, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. In today's clashes at least one person died.
2013-02-7

Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announces his resignation in a speech on state TV.
2011-02-27

Tunisia's interim President Fouad Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resign from the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party amid a row over the make-up of the new government.
2011-01-18