Netflix Cancels ’Standing Up’ Despite Popularity in Morocco and Season 2 Plans
15 May 2022
While season 2 of Standing Up (known as Drôle in France), a series that has been in the top 10 in Morocco, is in the works, Netflix has decided to cancel it.
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French Deputy Withdraws from Election After Assault Conviction
15 May 2022
Convicted of assaulting a former Socialist Party official in 2017, outgoing deputy of the Renaissance party, ex-LaREM, M’jid El Guerrab, is forced not to run in the next (…)
French Police Officers Sentenced for Racist Harassment of Colleagues
15 May 2022
The Nancy Criminal Court has convicted seven anti-crime brigade police officers prosecuted for "moral harassment" and "non-public racist insults" against colleagues. They (…)
Moroccan Farmer’s Eco-Friendly Methods Save Frost-Damaged Strawberries in France
14 May 2022
In Tarn-et-Garonne, Slimane Baroudi, a Moroccan farmer and his family living in Fauguerolles, give a second life to strawberries affected by frost, to the point of making the (…)
Paris Kidnapping Foiled: Police Rescue Victim, Arrest 3 Suspects After Ransom Demand
14 May 2022
From Morocco, a man reported the kidnapping and sequestration of one of his relatives in Paris (13th arrondissement). The police of Fontenay-sous-Bois not only found the (…)
Violent Clash Between Moroccan Groups in French Town Leads to Arrests
14 May 2022
A violent altercation took place between two rival groups, Moroccans and Sahrawis, on the evening of May 11 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. Four people were arrested and placed in (…)
Morocco Bolsters Military with Arrival of French Sherpa Armored Vehicles
14 May 2022
Morocco has just received a first batch of the 36 Sherpa light tactical vehicles ordered from the French company Arquus in 2020.
Disney+ Series Spotlights 1986 Police Killing of French Student Malik Oussekine
12 May 2022
More than 35 years after the assassination of Malik Oussekine, the facts have inspired filmmakers who, through a film and a series, want to denounce police violence and racism (…)
UNESCO Chief Audrey Azoulay Emerges as Potential French Prime Minister Pick
11 May 2022
Franco-Moroccan Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), could replace Jean Castex at Matignon, as (…)
Renaissance Party Denies Endorsement for Controversial Writer Zineb El Rhazoui in French Legislative Elections
10 May 2022
The call against the candidacy in the legislative elections of the journalist and writer Zineb El Rhazoui, accused of being too close to the far right, has apparently been (…)