The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has sanctioned Melvyn Jaminet, the fullback of the French national team, who made racist remarks in a video that was mistakenly shared on his social media.
Involved in a financial case, the Champagne winemaker Didier Chopin was arrested and then imprisoned in Morocco while he was expected in France to be tried in a case of 1.5 million bottles of fake champagne, produced from wines from Spain and Ardèche and carbon dioxide.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) is concerned about a "very strong resurgence of racist speech and acts of physical violence against citizens identified as ’Arab-Muslim’" and calls on all French people of all religious faiths "to mobilize massively" in the second round of the early legislative elections scheduled for Sunday, July 7, against "the wave of intolerance, hatred and division that is likely to hit" France.
Suspected of having kidnapped and tortured a Moroccan in Malaga, two Frenchmen were arrested and then placed in pre-trial detention in Spain.
Former Miss France Malika Ménard, 36, has announced that she will soon be getting married to her fiancé Karim, a 50-year-old Belgian-Moroccan businessman. The former beauty queen posted photos of the marriage proposal on Instagram, revealing the silhouette of the lucky man for the first time.
Amar, a street cigarette vendor, was killed on Saturday, June 29 in the garage of a house he was squatting in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis). His relatives denounce a racist crime.
Many Moroccans wishing to work in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugal are having difficulty obtaining appointments for "Schengen visas" related to work contracts at the consulates. Intermediaries are not making it easier for them.
France is relying on Morocco’s expertise in security to successfully organize the Olympic Games, which will take place from July 26 to August 11 in Paris.
Anis, a 14-year-old student in the fourth grade at the Émile Zola college in Sotteville-lès-Rouen, was called a "welfare scrounger" and beaten up by three individuals as he was leaving school on Thursday, June 20. His mother denounces a racist attack.
Karim Ben Cheïkh, candidate of La France Insoumise (LFI), won the first round of the early French legislative elections on June 30 in the ninth constituency of French citizens abroad, which includes Morocco. He will have to confirm his victory in the second round scheduled for July 7.
In Casablanca, the first round of the early French legislative elections was marked by an incident.
Ilham Bouhadjar, co-president of Emmaüs Ruffec, was denied entry to a meeting at the prefecture of Charente, in Angoulême, because of her headscarf.