Fourteen fractured ribs, a punctured lung and three affected vertebrae: Youssef Zekraoui came close to death in the Arles bullring. One month later, the raseteur is already thinking about returning to the arena.
A homeless man of Moroccan origin claims to have entered a house in Nîmes to squat in it. After coming face-to-face with the owner, he was sentenced to two years in prison and a permanent ban from French territory .
Nearly 3,000 people marched this Saturday in the Pissevin district to honor Salah-Eddine, eight years old, killed by a hit-and-run driver . The silent march brought together a grieving community before the child’s body is repatriated to Morocco.
The Pissevin neighborhood is paying tribute this Saturday to Salah-Eddine, 8, who was fatally struck on Tuesday by a teenage driver. This silent march comes before the child’s body is transferred to Morocco for his funeral.
While he was subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), a 24-year-old Moroccan man attempted to escape from the Nîmes police station. Tried summarily in the city’s judicial court on Monday, he tried to justify his act.
The Nîmes Investigating Chamber decided on Monday, October 6, to send Souad, 64, to the Vaucluse Assize Court for "complicity in murder". The judges suspect her of being the instigator of the murder of her husband, Mohamed Ikaoussen, although the actual perpetrator of the act has never been identified. Her trial could be held at the end of 2026.
An undocumented home delivery worker was apprehended by the Border Police (PAF) on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, during a control operation conducted in the city center of Nîmes. Subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), the Moroccan was placed in an administrative detention center.
Convictions were handed down in the correctional court against two Moroccans for importing cannabis pollen (a more expensive variant) from resin between Spain and the Nîmes region.
Human rights defense associations in Nîmes denounce the dysfunctions at the prefecture of the Gard department regarding the issuance of residence permits.
Convicted in November for apology for terrorism and incitement to hatred against Jews, Yassin El Himar , the former imam of Beaucaire of Moroccan origin, received a heavier prison sentence on appeal before the Nîmes Court.
Nîmes Olympique has fired Frédéric Bompard and replaced him with former Moroccan international Adil Hermach, 37, whose mission is to prevent the club from dropping to National 2. A homecoming for the former midfielder and captain of RC Lens.
The Spanish National Police arrested a 30-year-old man at the port of Algeciras (Cadiz) who was wanted by the French judicial authorities for his alleged involvement in the shooting that occurred in the city of Nîmes last August.