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Kangni Fiowole-Kouevi: Middle Fingers and Wednesday Fiowole-Kouevi

kangni fiowole-kouevi: Jan. 4 in temperatures as low as -28 degrees in the hopes of becoming a refugee, according to CTV. He walked for hours in the cold and suffered severe frostbite on both hands. Kangni Fiowole-Kouevi crossed the border on foot near Emerson, Man. Last Wednesday Fiowole-Kouevi said doctors removed two-thirds of his three middle fingers on his left hand. It hurts very badly, but there was no other solution, he said speaking in French in a phone call with CTV News. His thumb and baby finger as well as his fingers on his right hand continue to heal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.