Thanks to Moroccan Azzedine Ounahi currently playing for Olympique de Marseille (OM), US Avranches will pocket the sum of 115,000 euros as part of the World Cup profits paid by FIFA to clubs over the past three seasons of players who participated in the competition.
Mohamed B., an Uber delivery driver, was killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday during the riots in downtown Marseille. His family is calling for the opening of an investigation to shed light on his death and verify whether he was not the victim of a probable rubber bullet shot to the chest.
The CGT sailors filed a minimum 72-hour strike notice starting Wednesday, effectively blocking many travelers bound for Morocco at the ports of Marseille and Sète. Traffic is gradually resuming.
Franco-Algerian Mohamed Djeha alias "Mimo", one of the drug barons in Marseille, and head of La Castellane, was arrested on Thursday in Oran, Algeria, after several years on the run in several countries including Morocco.
A police operation led to the dismantling of a drug trafficking network between Spain, France and Morocco. The investigation, which lasted a full year, led to the seizure of 2 tons of cannabis resin, 1.5 kg of cocaine, handguns and luxury watches.
Marseille-based Moroccan rapper Zamdane, whose real name is Ayoub Zaidane, announced on Tuesday on his Instagram account that he had been the victim of a serious road accident.
While the real drug traffickers are in Morocco, Algeria, Dubai, the less clever ones "are killing each other on the ground" in Marseille. This Sunday, several individuals in a car opened fire, towards a vehicle killing three people, before fleeing.
Moroccan chef Meryem Cherkaoui is launching a new project: the Maison de la Méditerranée, which will welcome its customers on the Canebière, at the end of this year. This is a new 100% female culinary concept.
Moroccan international Amine Harit will not return to the German football club Schalke. The conditions of his contract have been fulfilled by Olympique de Marseille.
Seriously injured in the knee before the World Cup in Qatar, Amine Harit is gradually recovering. The Moroccan player of Olympique de Marseille has been spotted at a training session.
The 19-year-old Marseille resident Amine Kessaci received the award for the Most Committed Young Person in France, which rewards his action with the association Conscience, an NGO that assists the inhabitants of the northern neighborhoods of Marseille.
Many flights between Morocco and France are being cancelled due to the continued protests against the pension reform and the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64. Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has cancelled its flights to Marrakech from Marseille.