The Franco-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani has declined the offer of French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse, who mentioned her name to join her future government as a potential Minister of Francophonie.
The elements of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN), assisted by gendarmes from Orléans and Eure-et-Loir, intercepted, on March 10, two cars (a "scout" and a "carrier") transporting 558.4 kilos of Moroccan cannabis resin on the A10 at the level of Châtellerault.
Threatened with administrative closure by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who accused its leaders of making hateful statements against France, the Al Madina Mounawara mosque in Cannes will ultimately not be closed.
Leaving Tanger Med for Marseille, a ferry was about to sink due to unfavorable weather conditions. About a hundred French, European citizens and Moroccans residing abroad were on board the ship.
The French start-up dedicated to electric mobility, Motto, founded by the Moroccan Driss Ibenmansour (ex Operations Manager at Uber and ex-CEO France of Bird), Pierre-François de Rougé and Antoine Bouttier, is launching an offer of electric bikes by subscription in Paris.
French companies are increasingly showing interest in investing in the renewable energy sector in Morocco.
Two managers of the bookstore La Confiserie were victims of a violent racist attack on the night of Saturday, March 5 to Sunday in Rabastens (Tarn). On Saturday, a rally of support was organized on the church square facing the establishment.
The French Ministry of Justice has declared Christiane Fourret, a 78-year-old French woman residing in a campsite near the town of Tiznit, killed in a market in January by a 31-year-old individual, a "victim of terrorism".
In "Ministry of Injustice", the book to be published on March 16, the authors make a revelation that could have exonerated the former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad convicted and then pardoned in 1996 without being exonerated for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal, killed on June 23, 1991 in Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes).
In France, 6,000 racist, xenophobic and anti-religious crimes or offenses were recorded by the law enforcement agencies in 2021, an increase of 13% compared to 2019.
Latifa Ibn Ziaten , the mother of Sergeant Imad, one of the victims of terrorist Mohammed Merah, recalls "the cold and brutal welcome" she received at the Toulouse police station. Her son was killed by a bullet to the head at the gymnasium of the Cité de l’Hers on March 11, 2012.
Born in Casablanca, Nezha Boubekri is a media enthusiast who has managed to carve out her path in France on TF1 and France 2, while maintaining a deep connection with Morocco, her country of origin. The first Arab woman to have directed prime time shows on leading channels, Nezha Boubekri shares the story of her life, her journey, her emotions, her life, in a book entitled "My Truth: Words and Pains".