Almotamar.net - A small smuggling boat carrying 49 Africans sank on Monday off southwest coast of Yemen between Miyun Island and Thubab coast after it capsized due to strong currents and waves.

Commander of the 17th Infantry Brigade Brigadier Saleh al-Sobari explained that the brigade patrols managed to rescue five Somalis, including a woman, and eight Ethiopians before drowning and recovered a body of a Somali.

The search is ongoing for survivors, as the information available to the rescue teams indicates that there are 35 Somalis missing after the boat sank, al-Sobari added.