WORLD / AMERICAS By AFP Published: Feb 18, 2021 07:03 PM Ahmed Kabeer fled his homeland of Sudan where he was tortured and traveled thousands of miles to find himself in a new hell: the ominous jungle that straddles Colombia and Panama.
Unlike hundreds of thousands of other African migrants that crowd into precarious boats and launch into the Mediterranean Sea hoping to reach Europe, Kabeer s aim is the US.
Members of Panama s National Border Service help migrants cross the Chucunaque River after they walked for five days in the Darien Gap, in Bajo Chiquito village, Darien Province, Panama, on February 10, on their way to the US. Photo: AFP There is a route through Latin America, said Kabeer, who has a huge scar on his left leg and walks with a limp.
Far From The Mediterranean: African Migrants Cross The Americas By Juan Sebastian SERRANO
02/11/21 AT 8:34 PM
Ahmed Kabeer fled his homeland of Sudan where he was tortured and traveled thousands of miles to find himself in a new hell: the ominous jungle that straddles Colombia and Panama.
Unlike hundreds of thousands of other African migrants that crowd into precarious boats and launch into the Mediterranean Sea hoping to reach Europe, Kabeer s aim is the United States. There is a route through Latin America, said Kabeer, who has a huge scar on his left leg and walks with a limp.
Kabeer is one of 23 people from the other side of the world who along with hundreds of Haitians and Cubans are waiting in a camp to cross the daunting Darien Gap having fled war and poverty.
February 13, 2021
NECOCLI, COLOMBIA (AFP) – Ahmed Kabeer fled his homeland of Sudan where he was tortured and travelled thousands of miles to find himself in the ominous jungle that straddles Colombia and Panama.
Unlike hundreds of thousands of other African migrants that crowd into precarious boats and launch into the Mediterranean Sea hoping to reach Europe, Kabeer’s aim is the United States (US).
“There is a route” through Latin America, said Kabeer, who has a huge scar on his left leg and walks with a limp.
Kabeer is one of 23 people from the other side of the world who – along with hundreds of Haitians and Cubans – are waiting in a camp to cross the daunting Darien Gap having fled war and poverty.