Four French intelligence agents, held in Ouagadougou for a year, regained their freedom on December 19. A release that once again highlights the role played by King Mohammed VI in the negotiations.
After being heard as witnesses at the premises of the Paris criminal brigade, the relatives of Taha O. who sometimes housed him in France, are subject to an OQTF with a view to expulsion to Morocco, their country of origin.
The rape complaint filed by a French lawyer against sons of major Moroccan businessmen continues to cause a scandal in the country.
In Ouarzazate, the public hospital is at the center of a controversy due to the refusal of a health technician to perform an x-ray on two French tourists for religious reasons.
Arrived in Bordeaux to earn a better living, a 20-year-old Moroccan and other foreign workers have been victims of human trafficking on a vegetable plantation in Lot-et-Garonne. The case is being tried before the Agen Criminal Court.
The NGE group, a major player in the construction industry in France, has just taken an important step in its international development. It has won its very first railway contract in Morocco, a market for the modernization of part of the rail network between Kénitra and Marrakech.
In France, a nursing assistant of Moroccan origin working in a nursing home in the Hauts-de-Seine, is highlighting Moroccan cuisine to the point of winning a place as a finalist for the Île-de-France region and gaining popularity on social networks, especially on Instagram.
Faced with the drop in olive production and the sharp rise in the price of olive oil, Morocco is turning to Spain, Tunisia, Italy and France to import virgin and extra virgin olive oil.
Moroccan tourism is experiencing strong growth. According to a French media, Morocco "should become the most visited country in Africa in 2024, just ahead of Egypt."
In an interview, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, highlights the central role of Morocco in international cooperation, particularly for France.
Morocco wants to acquire its very first submarine, the last piece of equipment missing from the Royal Navy. In its sights, the Russian and French high-tech models.
In France, the former castle of King Mohammed VI, inherited from his father, the late Hassan II, located in the commune of Gretz-Armainvilliers, in Seine-et-Marne, has been put up for sale for 180 million euros.