On August 9, 2022, Yann Bourdon, 27, presented himself “spontaneously”, according to the Quai d’Orsay, at the French consulate in Cairo (Egypt). It has been just a year since this Ile-de-France resident, who was discovering the lands of the pharaohs in backpacker mode, has not given the slightest sign of life to his relatives. Nine months, too, that his disappearance was reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that his family and friends are fighting to find him. On July 22, they even demonstrated in front of the Élysée, brandishing signs “Where is Yann Bourdon? decked out with a portrait of the young man with messy hair and a beatnik beard. At the same time, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, at the head of an authoritarian and ultra-secure regime, was received by Emmanuel Macron.
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