At least 20 migrants have died after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, the country’s state news agency TAP reported Wednesday, the second such tragedy in a week. The vessel got into trouble approximately 13 miles off the coast of Sfax ...

Tunisia's coast guard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants from Africa after the boat they were in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Wednesday, the second migrant drowning tragedy within one week off Tunisian coast.

At least 20 migrants died in a shipwreck off Tunisia's eastern city of Sfax, while five others were rescued, the National Guard which oversees the coastguard said Wednesday.

Tunisia's coastguard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa after the boat they were in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Wednesday. The coastguard rescued five others who were on the same boat and search operations were under way for anyone still missing.