Congolese basketball player Christ Wamba takes a selfie as he rests inside a tent at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, June 5, 2016. Christ Wamba/Handout via REUTERS
THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) - He fled hardship and unrest in Congo Republic with nothing but his ball and a change of clothes. Now, not yet 18, Christ Wamba is training with a professional basketball club in Europe.
Taking a well-trodden route north out of sub-Saharan Africa, Wamba clung on to his treasured ball until he had to jettison it on the sea crossing from Turkey to Greece. He is now under the wing of one the country's biggest clubs, Aris, as he waits for his asylum application to be processed.
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