After developing its automotive sector, Morocco is now investing in the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries. Several Chinese giants have announced massive investments in this sector.
In the eyes of Amnesty International, the ban on French athletes wearing headscarves from participating in the Olympic and Paralympic Games "violates international human rights law and reveals the discriminatory hypocrisy of the French authorities and the weakness and cowardice of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)".
While Manchester United has not yet made a final decision on the future of Moroccan international Sofyan Amrabat , it is already making French midfielder Adrien Rabiot, officially free since June 30, a priority.
The House of Councillors once again raises the issue of the predominance of French in Moroccan administration and education. A parliamentary report recommends a rebalancing in favor of Arabic and Amazigh, the two official languages of the country.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as former French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, is multiplying his investments in Morocco. He is launching a vast hotel project south of Tangier.
Moroccan cuisine is shining in an international competition. It wins the title of the best cuisine in the world, ahead of France, India and Mexico.
A tragic road accident has saddened Mouscron on Sunday evening. Four young people, including two of Moroccan origin, around twenty years old, lost their lives in a horrific road departure. Their rental vehicle, a Range Rover, hit two trees at an estimated speed of over 160 km/h.
The trial of some of Jacques Bouthier’s collaborators, former CEO of the insurance brokerage group Assu 2000 (renamed Vilavi), suspected of having set up a network of sexual predation in his call center in Tangier, Morocco, continues before the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the city.
The Paris Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation for "death threat on the grounds of origin" against the French rugby player Melvyn Jaminet following a report from SOS Racisme.
The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Rabat is still under preparation.
On the run in Morocco, the leader of a drug trafficking network active in Canteleu (Seine-Maritime) was sentenced in absentia to the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of two million euros by the Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) court.
Many flights between Morocco and France are at risk of being canceled on Wednesday due to a strike at Paris airports.