Fate of Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya unknown
- 9 years ago
Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya are still being held captive, the most vulnerable among them Coptic Christians. Their families have pleaded with Cairo to save them. They travelled to Libya for jobs in spite of the dangers there, driven to take the risk by Egypt’s morose economy.
The current government of (former field marshal) President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been unable to rein in unemployment — now 13.4 percent, officially — since the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in 2013, after mass protests against his rule.
Around a third of the young workforce have no means of earning an income, and those under age 30 make up 60 percent of Egypt’s population.
Four out of ten Egyptians live on less than two euros per day.
It’s hard in the cities, worse outside.
Al-Our lies 200 kilometres to the south of Cairo: no paved roads, no clean water, no source of income.
Young people cross the border into lawless Libya, desperate even for low pay; 27 Egyptians have be
The current government of (former field marshal) President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been unable to rein in unemployment — now 13.4 percent, officially — since the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in 2013, after mass protests against his rule.
Around a third of the young workforce have no means of earning an income, and those under age 30 make up 60 percent of Egypt’s population.
Four out of ten Egyptians live on less than two euros per day.
It’s hard in the cities, worse outside.
Al-Our lies 200 kilometres to the south of Cairo: no paved roads, no clean water, no source of income.
Young people cross the border into lawless Libya, desperate even for low pay; 27 Egyptians have be