After returning from Morocco at 14, Laamia Elyounoussi had to learn Dutch in a kindergarten classroom. Today, the Rotterdam entrepreneur pays for her employees’ training, with remarkable results.
An administrative worker at a Moroccan consulate in France has been challenging his pay since 2018 and alleging wage discrimination. The Court of Cassation has identified an error in the review of documents submitted by his employer. Part of his case must be retried.
A Kenyan passenger was travelling from Casablanca to Addis Ababa via France. Her transfer between Marseille and Paris cost Royal Air Maroc a €10,000 fine, upheld by the French courts.
MoroccoMorocco is included in a new US Army procurement process for military communications equipment. The document lists, among other items, 125 vehicle intercom systems and several dozen radios.
WorldBorn in Morocco, Moustafa Makhlouf sent 300 job applications in the Netherlands without landing a job. Now an entrepreneur and fitness coach, he devotes his energy to people with disabilities through initiatives that are bringing him back to his birth country.
SpainSpain granted Morocco a €754.3 million loan to finance the purchase of trains. In March 2025, Madrid refused to disclose the interest rate, citing diplomatic relations. Yet an official Spanish Treasury document reveals particularly favorable terms: 0.5% over 30 years.
FranceA 31-year-old woman living in Morocco is trying to obtain a French visa to celebrate her wedding in Toulouse. Despite postponing the ceremony several times and filing five urgent appeals, she has been unable to overturn the French authorities’ refusal, which is based on concerns that she may settle permanently in France.
WorldAfter living in the Netherlands for thirty years, Nezha, a 51-year-old Moroccan woman, would like to grow old in her country of origin. But her children have built their lives in the Netherlands. In an interview with her daughter Maria, she explains what is keeping her from deciding to return.
WorldMorocco appears in a correction published on November 2 by the US Department of Defense. Washington specifies that $333,000 has been allocated to the country under a Lockheed Martin contract related to support for F-16 flight tests.
FranceIn France, a woman born in Morocco and her husband were being sued by their bank over an overdraft of nearly 7,800 euros. Neither appeared in court in Strasbourg. However, the judge found an irregularity that deprived the bank of its interest and fees.
MoroccoMorocco is reportedly abandoning plans to upgrade its 23 existing F-16s to the Viper standard, despite a program approved by Washington in 2019. The information comes from Royal Moroccan Air Force sources interviewed by a specialist magazine at the Marrakech Airshow. Only safety upgrades are now planned.
SpainIn Spain, 31-year-old Mohamed El Aoud Kriam has developed a device that lets people contact a driver without knowing their phone number. He arrived from Morocco at the age of three and came up with the idea after being stuck for nearly three hours in a parking lot in the Pyrenees.
BelgiumIn Belgium, Aziz Chouiten, an entrepreneur of Moroccan origin, says he received a tax bill of more than 48,000 euros with gratitude. In a podcast published on October 29, he reflects on his relationship with money, personal challenges and how he balances professional success with his Moroccan roots.