All the victims and those rescued were from sub-Saharan African countries, says director of civil protection in Sfax.

Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.

Tunisia's coast guard has recovered the bodies of 27 African migrants after two boats they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Thursday. The boats sank in waters off the city of Sfax,

Searches were still underway for other possible missing passengers, according to the Tunisian National Guard, which oversees the coastguard

Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.

Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.

Twenty-seven sub-Saharan African migrants, including women and children, lost their lives after two boats capsised off the Kerkennah Islands near Tunisia.

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Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.