The country has been seen as a model for democracy in the region but many Tunisians are growing impatient for change.
Tens of thousands of Tunisians came out in a show of force for the country’s Islamist-led government on Saturday.
Police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demanding the dissolution of the assembly and Islamists defending the legitimacy of their rule.
The murder of Tunisian MP Mohamed Brahmi by unknown gunmen sparked protests in central Tunis, with fingers pointed at the authorities.
Thousands of Tunisians have gathered in the capital Tunis to protest against the assassination of leading opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi.
Nigeria has beaten Côte d’Ivoire 4-1 while Morocco shocked title-holders Tunisia this weekend in 2014 African Nations Championship qualifiers.
Three European activists with radical women’s protest group Femen have been handed four-month jail sentences by a Tunisian court.
Three European women are on trial in Tunis for holding a topless anti-Islamist protest, with their lawyer confident about the outcome.
Forces have been deployed after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on hardline supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.
A jobless man who set fire to himself in Tunisia’s capital has died, a development which could provoke renewed anger against the government.
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has announced a new Islamist-led coalition government.
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Tunisia’s Hamadi Jebali has stepped down after failing to appoint a new government, while the country’s credit rating has been downgraded again.
Dictatorships have been brought down in North Africa, but struggles for power have left a vacuum that has allowed the rise of an extremist movement.
Tunisia’s Islamist Party has dissolved the government and promised rapid elections in a bid to restore calm after protests over a politician’s death.
Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid has been shot dead, sparking angry protests by his supporters and attacks on the offices of the ruling party.
He probably wasn’t aware of it, but substitute Dove Wome’s goal in the third minute of injury time in Togo’s win over Algeria could prove priceless.
Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki has extended the country’s state of emergency through to January after a recent series of attacks by extremists.
The government is reversing progress on human rights in Tunisia following last year’s Arab Spring revolution, Amnesty International has warned.
In Tunisia, the transition from dictatorship to democracy has been smoother than neighbouring countries, but an unexpected threat has emerged.
Tunisia’s justice ministry has sacked 81 magistrates over suspicions of graft and their links to ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali’s regime.
Leaders and officials attending the third World Investment Forum on Saturday called for channeling more investments to poor nations.
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/ 26 February 2012
There was another shock outcome to a CAF competition when Moroccan club Moghreb Fes lifted the African Super Cup this weekend.
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/ 23 February 2012
European governments have planned a radical offer of "debt relief" to its Arab North African and Middle Eastern neighbours.
And then there were four — Mali and Ghana have completed the semifinal line-up at the Africa Cup of Nations, after tense wins over Gabon and Tunisia.
Numsa has said that its energy conference was aimed at preventing the renewable energy sector from being dominated by a capitalist system.
Ghana is set to battle Tunisia in its quest to end a 30-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations title and secure a place in the semi-finals.
A year after it began, eight Arab writers reflect on what became known as the Arab Spring.
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/ 24 January 2012
Tunisia has taken the Maghreb derby honours, a 2-1 defeat of Morocco putting them alongside Gabon at the top of Group C in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Tunisia has marked the first anniversary of its ouster of despot Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a protest that gave birth to the Arab Spring.
Youths in Kasserine, a town at the forefront of Tunisia’s uprising a year ago, have now heckled the people their revolution brought to power.
The head of the Tunis military tribunal has accused Saudi Arabia of ignoring its request to hand over ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.