Migrant boat with 86 on board sinks off Tunisia, 4 rescued - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

A Malian migrant Souleyman Coulibaly, who was rescued after the boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian Coast on its way from Libya to Italy.

He said the boat, with 86 people on board, started to leak and tipped over only hours after setting out to sea from the Libyan town of Zuwara, west of Tripoli, as passengers switched to one side of the vessel. The Red Crescent and the navy told AFP that three Malians and an Ivorian were rescued off Zarzis in southern Tunisia on Wednesday by the coast guard who had been alerted by local fishermen.

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