Orly Airport Tests Facial Recognition for Morocco-Bound Flights
23 March 2021
Orly airport has launched a new experiment exclusively for flights to Morocco. It involves testing facial recognition at boarding.
France
High-Speed Chase on French Highway Ends in Fiery Crash at Toll Booth
22 March 2021
The gendarmes of Tarn-et-Garonne managed to apprehend a driver flashed at 182 km/h on the highway and his 22-year-old Moroccan passenger after a car chase that ended at the (…)
Major Muslim Federations in France Plan New Coordination Body
22 March 2021
After announcing their "definitive withdrawal" from the executive office of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), four federations intend to create a "coordination", (…)
US Stance on Western Sahara Unlikely to Change Under Biden, Expert Says
21 March 2021
The French political scientist, specialist in the Arab world and Islam in the West, Gilles Kepel, rules out any change in the American position on the Sahara issue. The (…)
Unicef France Warns Against Forced Return of Unaccompanied Moroccan Minors
21 March 2021
Unicef France has reservations about the Franco-Moroccan cooperation for the return of unaccompanied minors and says it is "extremely concerned about the impacts of this (…)
Moroccan Expats Face Hefty Fines for Undeclared Foreign Bank Accounts
21 March 2021
Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) who have not so far declared to their countries of residence the bank accounts held in Morocco will be subject to heavy penalties, after the (…)
French Halal Certification Bodies Clash Over New Poultry Slaughter Regulations
21 March 2021
In a joint press release signed by Kamel Kabtane, the president of the Grand Mosque of Lyon, three halal certification bodies (Grand Mosque of Paris, Evry and Lyon) denounce (…)
Interfaith Groups Unite to Aid Struggling Students in Villeurbanne Amid Pandemic
20 March 2021
In a spirit of solidarity, the Othmane Mosque and the Notre-Dame de la Fraternité Church have decided to come to the aid of students in need in these difficult times of (…)
Alstom Secures Moroccan Railway Maintenance Contract for Electric Locomotives
20 March 2021
The French group Alstom and the National Railway Office (ONCF) have just concluded a contract for the maintenance of the electric locomotives of the railways. This partnership (…)
French-Algerian and Russian Nationals Arrested in Casablanca on Interpol Warrants
20 March 2021
The police services arrested, this week, in Casablanca a Franco-Algerian and a Russian national, involved in various cases. They were both the subject of an international (…)