Tunisian President Kais Saied has issued a decree extending the state of emergency that has been in place in the country since 2015.

The state of emergency was extended until the end of December this year, according to the state news agency, TAP.

Mr Saied last extended the state of emergency on 30 December for a month.

The initial declaration of a state of emergency in November 2015, followed a bombing targeting a bus transporting presidential guard forces, which killed 12.

The country had been rocked earlier that year by two major attacks on foreign tourists in the capital Tunis and the resort town of Sousse.