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At least 29 sub-Saharan Africans are killed when two boats sink off the coast of Tunisia.
2023-03-26

Police in Tunisia arrest a lawmaker and a TV presenter for calling president Kais Saied a traitor over his seizure of power in July. The arrests were ordered by the military judiciary for "conspiring against state security and insulting the army".
2021-10-3

A policeman is killed and another injured during a ramming-stabbing attack in Sousse, Tunisia. The three attackers are later killed in a gunfight with other officers.
2020-09-6

Tunisian tourism minister René Trabelsi says Thomas Cook owes Tunisian hotels €60 million for stays in July and August, with 4,500 customers still in the country. Tourism is a major component of the national economy.
2019-09-23

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

Clashes break out between police and supporters of the Ansar al-Sharia Islamic organization in Tunisia.
2013-05-19

The President of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, states that Tunisia is prepared to extradite former Prime Minister of Libya Baghdadi Mahmudi to Tripoli to face charges of abuse of office, if the Libyan government can guarantee a fair trial.
2012-01-2

Sources from the Tunisian defence ministry claim that Gaddafi's wife and daughter have fled there.
2011-05-18

At least twenty-two people die in Peru after a bus plunges into a ravine.
2011-02-25

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