King Mohammed VI is expected to make a state visit to France by the end of 2025 or the beginning of 2026, according to diplomatic sources cited by Jeune Afrique. A highly anticipated trip that would mark the complete thawing of tensions between Rabat and Paris.
Morocco is strengthening its consular network in France in order to better meet the expectations of a large, active community that is deeply attached to its country of origin. It has just inaugurated a new consulate in Mantes-la-Jolie, in the Paris region.
The Paris Assize Court has delivered its verdict against conspiracy theorist Martial Lanoir, accused of killing a young French person of Moroccan origin in 2022.
Clément Besneville, a 29-year-old Frenchman, has been missing in Rabat since April 2024. His father, Didier, without news of him since then, is asking the French and Moroccan authorities to do everything in their power to find him.
The Franco-Moroccan athlete Azeddine Habz, winner of the 1500m at Charléty, erases Mehdi Baala’s 22-year-old French record.
Chems-eddine Hafiz, the rector of the Great Mosque of Paris, publishes "Undoing the Shadows: Islam, the Republic, and the Demand for Truth." It is "a plea to fully live the Muslim religion while unequivocally embracing the French republican project."
The United Arab Emirates has extradited to France a major French drug trafficker who occasionally resided in Morocco. He had been living in Dubai since 2019.
The principal of the Angela Davis school in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis) posted on June 5th the names of eight Muslim teachers who announced their absence on June 6th, the day of the celebration of Eid al-Adha. This approach has sparked the anger of the unions, as absence for "religious holiday" is a right for public service agents.
Morocco remains one of the most popular tourist destinations for the French. Beyond its landscapes, mild climate, beaches, desert, and gastronomy, the kingdom attracts travelers from the Hexagon for its very affordable cost of living.
The Court of Auditors is calling on the French authorities to tighten controls on pensions paid to its retirees abroad, particularly in Morocco, in order to combat fraud.
Invited this Wednesday on the set of the "C à vous" program on France 5, Rachida Dati, the Minister of Culture, threatened live the journalist Patrick Cohen to report him for moral harassment to the justice system based on a recent publication by Mediapart denouncing these facts. The reaction of the Franco-Moroccan has sparked a wave of comments on social networks.
Mohamed, 14 years old, drowned in the Marne River, at the level of the lock leading to the Chelles canal in the town of Neuilly-sur-Marne (Seine-Saint-Denis), an area where swimming is prohibited. An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances of this tragedy.