Moroccan Runner El Guesse Clinches 800m Victory at Lyon Indoor Meet, Eyes 2025 World Championships
31 January 2023
Moroccan athlete Abdelati El Guesse won the 800m event last weekend at the indoor meeting in Lyon.
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Remains of Missing Lyon Teen Found in Building Pipes; Suspect Arrested
22 January 2023
A 28-year-old man with psychiatric disorders was arrested and then jailed after the discovery of the human remains of Mohamed, 17, in the pipes of a building in Saint-Priest, (…)
Lyon Denies Transfer Rumors for Promising Midfielder Mohamed El Arouch
22 January 2023
Targeted by several clubs in Ligue 1, the Franco-Moroccan midfielder Mohamed El Arouch is reportedly on the verge of leaving Olympique Lyonnais (OL) according to some media. (…)
Muslim Leaders Condemn Church Vandalism in Lyon, Call for Unity
17 January 2023
The profanation and degradation of a church in Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or were strongly condemned by the Council of Mosques of the Rhône (CMR), which expressed its support and (…)
French-Moroccan Fugitive Among Europe’s Most Wanted After Lyon Casino Murder
1 October 2022
Farid Toloun, a Lyonnais of Moroccan origin, sentenced to 24 years in prison for voluntary homicide and involved in several cases of serious assault and battery, is actively (…)
Elderly Crocodile Pair Relocated from Lyon Zoo to Moroccan Conservation Program
16 September 2022
The two West African crocodiles that were in a small enclosure in the Tête d’Or zoo in Lyon have left France for Morocco and more specifically for Agadir.
Son Arrested After Decapitating Father in Lyon, France
14 August 2022
In Lyon, the municipal police discovered the body of a 60-year-old Moroccan, decapitated in a parking lot in Saint-Priest (Rhône). The alleged murderer, his son, was arrested (…)
Moroccan Prospect Ryad Talbi Set to Join Nice, Snubbing Lyon’s Offer
2 July 2022
Moroccan player Ryad Talbi, at the end of his trainee contract with Lyon, will join Nice for his internship contract. A big loss for OL who thought they could still count on (…)
Veiled Student Faces Mockery and Discrimination at University of Lyon, Sparking Outrage
23 April 2022
At the Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University located in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon, a veiled student was humiliated in the middle of a class and had to leave. A minority of (…)
French Government Dissolves Anti-Islamophobia Group Over Hate Speech Allegations
20 October 2021
Meeting in a cabinet meeting this Wednesday, October 20, the French government dissolved the association "Coordination against Racism and Islamophobia" based in (…)