Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Morocco
French interior minister Darmanin set for talks in Rabat

French interior minister Gérald Darmanin in Paris on 9 October 2023. © Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas

Seconded imams and the granting of visas are to be among the topics discussed at meetings between Gérald Darmanin and the Moroccan authorities during his upcoming trip. [...]

Published on 29/02/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Africa Intelligence relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Consult our offers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Diplomacy

Set up email notifications for these topics

Morocco
Abdellatif Hammouchi
Abdelouafi Laftit
Ahmed Toufiq
DGSE
DGSI
Direction Generale de la Surete Nationale
Emmanuel Macron
Gerald Darmanin
Mohammed VI
Nicolas Lerner
Stéphane Sejourné

Morocco
Fouzi Lekjâa tackles 2030 Football World Cup

Security, telecommunications, currency and visitor flows: these are some of the challenges facing the budget minister-cum-Moroccan football federation boss. He is coordinating several agencies and ministries to ensure the success of the largest sporting event the Kingdom has ever hosted.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 14.10.2024

The president of the Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaa, in Oeiras, Portugal, 19 March 2024.

Ivory Coast
Interior minister Diomandé's discreet Parisian meetings

During his stay, the minister has met with a number of senior French officials.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.04.2024

Morocco
Mohammed VI to make personal trip to Paris

King Mohammed VI is scheduled to travel from Rabat to France in mid-April. In particular, he will pay a visit to his mother, Lalla Latifa, who lives in the suburbs of Paris and has suffered from poor health in recent years.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2024

Mauritania, Morocco
Moroccan businesses indulged in Nouakchott

An economic forum co-run last month by employers' associations of both countries gave Moroccan firms a foot in the door with Mauritania's agricultural and renewable energies sectors.

Subscribers only Business 06.03.2024

Guinea, Morocco
Rabat ramps up religious presence in Conakry

Morocco is calling all the shots on the management of a new Mohammed VI religious centre in the Guinean capital, funded by a royal foundation, and will dictate everything from its leadership to its imams.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.03.2024

Morocco
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's schedule for Rabat visit

The French minister is expected in the Moroccan capital on 25 February. The trip looks set to pave the way for a series of meetings between the two countries' leaders - with an economic focus for now.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.02.2024

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné.

Morocco
French foreign minister Séjourné expected in Rabat this week

The newly appointed foreign minister is set to meet his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on 25 February. After months of frosty relations between the two countries, it's a highly symbolic visit and one that could pave the way for Emmanuel Macron's trip to the kingdom.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.02.2024

French foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné in New York on 23 January 2024.

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

Paris could soon decide to make the granting of some diplomatic visas conditional on cooperation over migration. This measure features in the immigration bill recently adopted by the French parliament.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.01.2024

Gérald Darmanin, French Minister of the Interior, in Algiers, Algeria on 9 October 2022.

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

After a year of icy relations, France and Morocco are showing signs of wanting to open up to each other again. Following a low-profile trip by French foreign ministry officials to Rabat in early November, a delegation from Paris's interior ministry is due to visit the Moroccan capital shortly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.11.2023

French President Emmanuel Macron and King Mohammed VI of Morocco pictured during the One Planet Summit in Paris, on 12 December 2017.

DRC
DR Congo security chief seeks to reboot Paris-Kinshasa relations

Jean-Louis Esambo, who just took over as head of DR Congo's Conseil National de Sécurité, is seeking to rekindle relations with French intelligence and diplomatic services.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.11.2023

Tunisia
Gérald Darmanin aborts Tunis trip

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin was supposed to have accompanied his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi on a visit to Tunis on 16 but his assertion that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was "incapable of solving the migration problems" made a joint trip impossible, so Piantedosi travelled alone.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.05.2023

Set up email notifications for these topics

Morocco
Abdellatif Hammouchi
Abdelouafi Laftit
Ahmed Toufiq
DGSE
DGSI
Direction Generale de la Surete Nationale
Emmanuel Macron
Gerald Darmanin
Mohammed VI
Nicolas Lerner
Stéphane Sejourné

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Morocco
French interior minister Darmanin set for talks in Rabat

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

Set up email notifications for these topics

Morocco
Fouzi Lekjâa tackles 2030 Football World Cup

Ivory Coast
Interior minister Diomandé's discreet Parisian meetings

Morocco
Mohammed VI to make personal trip to Paris

Mauritania, Morocco
Moroccan businesses indulged in Nouakchott

Guinea, Morocco
Rabat ramps up religious presence in Conakry

Morocco
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's schedule for Rabat visit

Morocco
French foreign minister Séjourné expected in Rabat this week

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

DRC
DR Congo security chief seeks to reboot Paris-Kinshasa relations

Tunisia
Gérald Darmanin aborts Tunis trip

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Transition: what's next after the coup?

Morocco French interior minister Darmanin set for talks in Rabat

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

Set up email notifications for these topics

Morocco Fouzi Lekjâa tackles 2030 Football World Cup

Ivory Coast Interior minister Diomandé's discreet Parisian meetings

Morocco Mohammed VI to make personal trip to Paris

Mauritania, Morocco Moroccan businesses indulged in Nouakchott

Guinea, Morocco Rabat ramps up religious presence in Conakry

Morocco French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's schedule for Rabat visit

Morocco French foreign minister Séjourné expected in Rabat this week

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

Spotlight | Morocco Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

DRC DR Congo security chief seeks to reboot Paris-Kinshasa relations

Tunisia Gérald Darmanin aborts Tunis trip

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Morocco
French interior minister Darmanin set for talks in Rabat

Morocco
Fouzi Lekjâa tackles 2030 Football World Cup

Ivory Coast
Interior minister Diomandé's discreet Parisian meetings

Morocco
Mohammed VI to make personal trip to Paris

Mauritania, Morocco
Moroccan businesses indulged in Nouakchott

Guinea, Morocco
Rabat ramps up religious presence in Conakry

Morocco
French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné's schedule for Rabat visit

Morocco
French foreign minister Séjourné expected in Rabat this week

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
New French immigration law casts shadow over Paris-Maghreb relations

Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI and Emmanuel Macron speed up thaw in Franco-Moroccan relations

DRC
DR Congo security chief seeks to reboot Paris-Kinshasa relations

Tunisia
Gérald Darmanin aborts Tunis trip