After weeks of crisis, the government in Tunisia is to step down to make way for a caretaker administration, after negotiations with the opposition.
The talks were announced on Saturday by the UGTT labour union, which will act as a mediator. They will begin on Monday or Tuesday.
Under the deal, the ruling Ennahda party has agreed to three weeks of talks, after which it will hand power to an independent transition leadership and set a date for parliamentary and presidential elections.
The BBC reports anti-government protests intensified recently after the killing of two opposition figures - the first in February and the other in July.
Long-time president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was deposed in 2011 at the start of the Arab Spring.
