The opening in Mantes-la-Jolie of the 17th Moroccan consulate in France not only provides relief for Moroccans who had to go to Pontoise (Val-d’Oise), about thirty kilometers from Mantes, for the slightest formality, but it also allows Morocco to counter the aspirations of the independence movement, the Polisario.
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.
While waiting for the opening of its general consulate in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines), announced for over twenty years, Morocco is making headlines through an exceptional exhibition held at the Hôtel-Dieu museum from May 14 to August 31, 2025.
François Bayrou is conducting a series of consultations to form his government. Aziz Senni, an entrepreneur from Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) of Moroccan origin and close to Prime Minister Aziz Senni, is said to be in the running for the Ministry of Labor or SMEs or Secretary of State.
The Versailles Court of Appeal has canceled the judicial liquidation of the Association of Muslims of Mantes South (AMMS), thus allowing the definitive reopening of the mosque of Mantes-la-Ville .
The presidency of the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines has suspended for 30 days a teacher from the IUT of Mantes-la-Jolie accused of racism towards Muslim students. The establishment has also been administratively closed until Monday, February 20.
Eight individuals will appear in court in Versailles on Monday, November 28, notably for money laundering from a large-scale racketeering scheme on one of the largest markets in the Paris region, in Mantes-la-Jolie.
Considered psychologically unstable, a Moroccan was arrested on Tuesday in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines), for having disturbed prayer in a church.
A few weeks before taking office, the Moroccan consul in Mantes-la-Jolie is still without a consulate.
Since 2015, the mother of Othmane Esshaymi, 7 years old, who died of asphyxiation in the elevator of his building in the Val-Fourré district of Mantes-la-Jolie, continues to demand justice for her son.
In Mantes-la-Jolie, Moroccan restaurateur Brahim Bourkia, manager of the Étoile de Fès, offered free burgers to the homeless and all those in need on the forecourt of the collegiate church on New Year’s Eve.
For a few days now, the mosque of Mantes-la-Ville has been welcoming the homeless without distinction of religion in this period of severe cold. It also offers them hot meals.