Volunteers rebury refugees!

Nearly ten years after some asylum seekers were buried on a field in Kato Tritos, Greece, a group of volunteers turned the abandoned and overgrown field into a burial ground that was inaugurated on Wednesday. MEMO reports that the volunteers spent months clearing the plot, uncovering and counting graves that had disappeared beneath tall grass…

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Snowstorm! – Adewale Sobowale

Just like road to heaven;Our old rugged earth;Roads saved in whiteseems a heavenly delight! Trees wrapped in whitepresent a fine sight!Lonesome are streetsdue to snowstorm! When it’s snowy;It deters movingfrom any placeto other space! Since it’s snowing;it’s time for coffeing,to get recessedand be refreshed! Those who have homesgo out to shove!The homelessdo remain hopeless! Some…

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Ajantala! – Adewale Sobowale

Clearing dirty debrisof sordid history,off to sea! Flotsam and jetsamthey soon become:What goes up,down must come! Chasing water,exquisite palaces built!Corpse’s lone footmalignantly stuck out! Water finds level!Levelled are palaces,built on the sea! Ojo nro,Sere ninu ile,Ma wo nu ojo,Ki also re,Maba tutu! @as 061023

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UN’s Libya envoy resigns!

Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations’ special envoy for Libya has resigned.  Le Monde reports him as saying that the UN could not support the country’s political transition as its feuding leaders had put their selfish interests above finding a lasting solution. The Senegalese said, “I tendered my resignation to the secretary-General.” He painted a dull…

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China calls for help on migrant issue!

Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has called on European countries to “address the issue of migrant refugees with an open and inclusive mindset, and to protect the right to life  and human rights of migrant refugees.” CGTN reports that Bing made the remarks during an open briefing of the Security Council concerning the…

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