The saga is over. This is another prestigious victory for Moroccan sports diplomacy. Fouzi Lekjaa, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), officially announced this Friday the choice of Ayoub Bouaddi . The LOSC prodigy will wear the Moroccan jersey, turning his back on the French team.
The Moroccan stands will speak French. Three days before the kick-off of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed impressive figures: out of the one million tickets sold, France stands out as the leading market outside the continent, driven by a mobilized diaspora and geographical proximity.
The flight of a Moroccan mother has come to an end at the gates of the Kingdom. The Spanish police intercepted, at the port of Tarifa, a woman attempting to board a ferry to Tangier with her three children, who had been taken away from her by the French justice system.
It is a Sword of Damocles weighing on 130 billion dirhams. The European directive threatening to asphyxiate Moroccan bank subsidiaries in the Old Continent is entering a critical phase. Faced with the urgency, Abdellatif Jouahri is playing the card of pragmatism: a "positive" agreement is concluded with France, but it remains suspended on the decisive green light from the European Commission to become the shield of the entire diaspora.
This is a financial windfall that continues to break records. The latest Eurostat data confirms the vital role of the Moroccan diaspora in the Kingdom’s economy. In 2024, money transfers from Europe reached new heights, driven by an undisputed leading duo: France and Spain, which alone injected nearly 5 billion euros into Morocco.
Moroccan crafts have seen double-digit growth in the first eleven months of 2025. Driven by the enthusiasm for traditional clothing and demand from across the Atlantic, exports now exceed 1.14 billion dirhams.
LOSC has imposed a strict omerta on the international future of its prodigy. While the behind-the-scenes battle rages between France and Morocco to secure the services of Ayyoub Bouaddi , the northern club has formally prohibited any questions on the subject to "protect" its player. A defensive strategy that contrasts with the stated ambition of the midfielder: to play in the next World Cup.
The inflation is eroding pensions in France , but in Agadir, a modest retirement turns into a life of luxury. This economic equation is pushing more and more seniors to expatriate to southern Morocco, where 1000 euros per month is enough to live, eat and enjoy the sun.
Nicolas Sarkozy confirms having received a call from King Mohammed VI a few days before his entry into La Santé prison on October 21. The former president discusses this exchange and the solidarity expressed by the Moroccan sovereign in his book The Diary of a Prisoner, to be published on December 10.
Morocco sees the French threat becoming more specific for Ayoub Bouaddi. Didier Deschamps has personally contacted the young prodigy to lock him in with the Blues, forcing the Moroccan Federation to play its last card: a call-up for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Clément Besneville disappeared in Rabat in April 2024 , leaving behind all his personal effects. Faced with this mystery, the French National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office has opened a preliminary investigation, suggesting a complex criminal trail behind this shattered life project.
France and Spain took advantage of a moment of weakness in Morocco, then led by Moulay Abdelaziz, successor to Moulay Hassan who died in 1894, to establish their colonial domination over the kingdom.