Sent by Alaouite Sultan Mohammed IV to the Court of Napoleon III, Driss Al Amraoui, son of a scholar, left a tale of his wonder for printing machines, new technologies and the situation of women in France.
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended the planned increase in tuition fees for non-European Union students, particularly those from Africa, at French public universities. Speaking in an interview marking the close of the Africa Forward Summit on May 12 in Nairobi, he argued that French taxpayers should not have to «pay for the education of all the students in the world, wherever they come from».
Sent by Alaouite Sultan Moulay Abderrahmane to the court of King Louis-Philippe I of France, Abdelkader Ach’ach’s diplomatic mission to Paris affected Tetouan’s most powerful family.
In 1777, caid Tahar ben Abdelhak Fennish was sent by Mohammed ben Abdellah to negotiate a treaty with the French to free Moroccan captives. Years later he was asked by the Alaouite sultan to make the USA befriend the Kingdom.