France

The Rocade neighborhood in Avignon was the scene of automatic gunfire on Sunday, March 3. Bursts of fire damaged building facades, vehicles and a tram. This incident is part of a context of repeated violence in Avignon and the Vaucluse, the sponsors of which would be located, among others, in Morocco.
Following this event, the drivers of Avignon’s public transport exercised their right of withdrawal, disrupting the service. This shooting comes shortly after a similar incident that (…)

A lawyer at the Paris bar is warning undocumented workers applying for residence permits against the rumors and fake news circulating since the announcement on February 21 of the new list of shortage occupations in France.
In a video posted on her TikTok channel, Me Sonia Cherfa urges workers in an irregular situation to be cautious in the face of the erroneous information disseminated on this subject on social networks. "Since the announcement of the new list of shortage occupations, (…)

Faouzy Guellil, a municipal councilor in Dugny (Seine-Saint-Denis), was the victim of a violent assault in front of his home on Friday. The elected official denounces a "cowardly" attack and intends to take legal action.
Attacks against elected officials are multiplying in France. The latest is the one suffered on Friday by Faouzy Guellil. This municipal councilor of Dugny (Seine-Saint-Denis) tells LCI that he was beaten with knees and kicks by several people in front of his home, in (…)

After the judgment of the Nanterre correctional court rendered in November 2021, the two men who made a champagne exporter, met in Antony (Hauts-de-Seine), believe that he was the ambassador of the Moroccan royal family, that he had become president of the intergalactic council, "UN" or the privileged ally of former US President Barack Obama, have, since Wednesday, been before the Versailles Court of Appeal.
On Wednesday, Ahmed, the former police officer, 54, sentenced to eighteen months (…)

It’s official. Ramadan will begin on Saturday, March 1, 2025 in France. The official announcement was made this Friday, February 28, during a ceremony at the Grand Mosque of Paris, broadcast on the social network X. The Muslim federations of the Hexagon, gathered for the occasion, have therefore put an end to the suspense.
This sacred month, one of the five pillars of Islam, is a time of fasting, prayer and sharing for Muslims. From sunrise to sunset, and for a month, believers are (…)

The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) announced that the month of Ramadan 1446 H will begin on Saturday, March 1, 2025. This date was determined according to the calculation criteria adopted by the CFCM in 2013, which are based on the observation of the new moon. This will be visible, according to these criteria, in almost the entire world from Friday, February 28, 2025.
The CFCM takes the opportunity of this announcement to recall the rules relating to fasting and the exemptions (…)

The measles epidemic raging in Morocco is worrying health authorities in France. They fear a resurgence of imported cases on French territory.
According to Public Health France (SPF), in Morocco, the measles epidemic has reached a historic level and totals nearly 25,000 suspected cases, including 6,300 confirmed cases and 120 deaths. The national public health agency fears a resurgence of imported measles cases on French territory. "13 imported or import-related cases following a stay in (…)

Like his predecessor Gérald Darmanin, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is asking prefects to strengthen the security of mosques throughout the month of Ramadan, which will begin on March 1 in France.
In a telegram sent on Thursday, February 27, Bruno Retailleau called on prefects and security officials to be "extremely vigilant" as the month of Ramadan, which is to begin on March 1, 2025, approaches. "The high level of the terrorist threat that continues to weigh on our country (…)

Accused of violence and torture on his children, Saïd A., a 44-year-old Moroccan, has been before the Assize Court of Val-d’Oise since Monday to answer for his actions. His psychological profile seems worrying.
The family man is accused of violence and acts of barbarity on his three children, aged 9 to 14 at the time of the facts, and on his wife. The events took place between 2016 and 2020 in Bouffémont, in one of the apartments of the Hauts-Champs residence. In addition to regularly (…)

Karim, one of the seven accused in the violent murder of Kévin Guerrier, the 26-year-old man stabbed and then beaten with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) on January 3, 2021, was heard on Tuesday before the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis.
The trial of the seven accused in the murder of Kévin Guerrier, against the backdrop of a settling of scores between the Gacem gang, to which the accused belong, and the Zouhairi clan, of which the victim and his (…)