Niombela Abez is tired. He’s just worked a 12-hour night shift as a security guard and all he can do is slouch listlessly on a couch in his apartment waiting for sleep. Nine years ago he fled the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the safety of South Africa, hoping for a better life, but all he can say now is that “life is not easy”.
A Refugee’s Life by Patrick Burnett
Thursday, November 16, 2006
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