### [2024-12-12](/feed/2024/12/12/index.md)

##### African migrants
# At least nine people are found dead, six others are missing, and 27 people are rescued when a boat carrying African migrants sinks off the coast of Chebba, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/12/at-least-nine-people-die-six-missing-as-boat-sinks-off-tunisia)
2. [Arab News](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2582833/middle-east)

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