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Tunisia's ex-president Ben Ali dies: foreign ministry
"We had confirmation of his death 30 minutes ago," the ministry said, without giving further details. Ben Ali was 83
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Tunisians pick from varied line-up in unpredictable presidential vote
With no overwhelming frontrunner among the 26 candidates whose names appear on the ballot, the difference between losing and making a second-round run-off between the two with most votes could prove narrow.
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Tunisia gears up for presidential poll steeped in uncertainty
Twenty-six candidates are in the race, including the incumbent prime minister and a media magnate who was arrested just weeks before the polls, as well as a presidential hopeful put forth by an Islamist-inspired party.
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: Tunisia, no longer the African success story?
Young people say the candidates for the upcoming elections do not represent their aspirations for a country they maintain is no long the African success story, writes Jean-Jacques Cornish.
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Tunisia in 'sprint' to arrange poll after president dies
Beji Caid Essebsi died on 25 July and the constitution stipulates that elections must be held 90 days after a head of state's death.
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Tunisia reveals final candidates for presidential poll
The poll was brought forward from November following Beji Caid Essebsi's death in July.
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Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates
The 15 September vote follows the death at age 92 last month of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first president to be democratically elected in Tunisia after the popular uprising of 2011.
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Tunisia's moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections
Party vice president Abdel Fattah Mourou, 71, a lawyer, will run in elections due to be held two months early on 15 September following the death of president Beji Caid Essebsi last month.
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Tunisia's Essebsi, world's oldest president, dies at 92
The veteran politician came to power in 2014, three years after the Arab Spring uprising toppled longtime despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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Final death toll in boat migrant accident off Tunisia rises to 82
The boat capsized after setting off for Europe from neighbouring Libya. Survivors told the Tunisian coast guard last week that it had been carrying 86 people.
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Niqab banned in Tunisian government offices
The ban on the niqab, which covers the entire face apart from the eyes, comes at a time of heightened security following a 27 June double suicide bombing in Tunis that left two dead and seven wounded.
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Migrant boat with 86 on board sinks off Tunisia, 4 rescued
The Red Crescent and the navy told AFP that three Malians and an Ivorian were rescued off Zarzis in southern Tunisia by the coast guard who had been alerted by local fishermen.
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Tunisia president in 'critical condition,' attacks rock capital
The violence revived fears for the stability of the North African state, which is seen as a rare democratic success story of the Arab Spring uprisings but has been hit by repeated Islamist attacks.
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Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya
This was one the deadliest shipwrecks involving migrants trying to reach Europe illegally this year.
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Malaysia deports six Egyptians despite concerns over torture, rights abuses
The suspects include five people who allegedly confessed to being part of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood, Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said in a statement on Sunday.
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14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya
A diplomatic source and Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Accord said 14 workers had been taken hostage.
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Jihadists sentenced to life for deadly 2015 Tunisia attacks
Two separate trials were held over the closely linked attacks which occurred just months apart in Tunis and Sousse.
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Tunisia clashes spread over tough living conditions
The unrest follows the death of 32-year-old journalist Abderrazk Zorgui on Monday after setting himself ablaze in Kasserine.
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Salah scores late winner for Egypt, Morocco sink Cameroon
Naim Sliti scored the opener for Tunisia after 13 minutes but Egypt were level at the break after Mahmoud “Trezeguet” Hassan equalised with a deflected shot.
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Tunisia parliament approves new government amid PM-president strains
Lawmakers voted late Monday to approve the lineup, which President Beji Caid Essebsi has complained he was only informed of 'at the last minute'.
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Number of wounded people in Tunis suicide bombing rises to 15
The bomber, aged 30, had no known militant background, the interior ministry said and the local media gave her name as Mouna.
