Belgium

The president of the CD&V, Sammy Mahdi, announced his engagement to Nawal Farih, a federal deputy of Moroccan origin, on January 1.
The information was shared on Instagram, where he posted a black and white photo of the couple accompanied by an engagement ring. "Yes has never sounded so beautiful," he wrote.
Several personalities reacted to this announcement, including Nicole de Moor, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, who declared: "Fantastic news to start the year! (…)

While trying to throw firecrackers out of her apartment on Artevelde Street (Brussels), a young Moroccan girl lost several fingers. Suspects have been arrested.
The incident occurred on November 5th. That day, a firecracker attack had targeted an apartment on Artevelde Street. In the aftermath, a young Moroccan girl had tried to throw the fireworks out of the dwelling. But this action will endanger her life: she loses several fingers. Three days after the events, "three underage suspects (…)

Last Sunday, in Hoboken, near Antwerp, a young couple, Amy, 20, and Hamid, 23, experienced a personal tragedy with the sudden death of their four-week-old daughter Nadia Nour. Following this death, described as "suspicious" by the authorities, they were taken to the police station and questioned for about ten hours before being released.
At the first light of day on Sunday, Hamid is awakened by his daughter’s irregular breathing, reports Het Laatste Nieuws. The infant, who is sleeping in (…)

Mohammed Ameur, Morocco’s ambassador to Brussels, reacts to allegations that Morocco turns a blind eye to 51,920 hectares of illegal cannabis crops. Allegations made by François, a young man from Anderlecht, who had stayed three times in the northern provinces, the Chefchaouen region, Ketama and the Rif mountains.
According to the testimony collected by La Dernière Heure on November 25, François recounted having seen "cultivated to the horizon" fields of kif, on "thousands of hectares", (…)

Belgium expects the extradition of a Moroccan-origin drug lord arrested at Dubai airport. He had been sentenced to eight years in prison as part of the "The Figure" case, an investigation into the organization led by drug lord Hoesny A., 43 years old.
Another Moroccan-origin drug lord arrested in Dubai. As he was about to board a flight to Morocco, Salahdin K., 41, was arrested at the airport. During the check of his documents, the Dubai authorities discovered that he was wanted (…)

The flight of the Antwerp drug baron Othman El Ballouti has come to an end in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). He was arrested, and Belgium now expects his extradition.
Othman El Ballouti is no longer free to move. Thanks to the information obtained during the decryption of Sky ECC communications, which exposed global drug networks and implicated dozens of traffickers based in Antwerp, this notorious figure of the drug trade has been arrested in Dubai, reports Het Laatste Nieuws. Convicted (…)

While he is on a trip to Morocco, a man living on the first floor of a building located on the Sint-Bernardsesteenweg in Hoboken (Antwerp) learns that the residence has been the target of a fire. Four Dutch people have been arrested and an investigation is underway to shed light on this case.
A fire broke out in the night of Friday, November 29, 2024 to Saturday in a residential building located on the Sint-Bernardsesteenweg in Hoboken. A violent explosion, audible as far as the Antwerp (…)

Belgium has considerably increased the number of forced returns of Moroccan nationals in an irregular situation this year, said the Secretary of State for Migration, Nicole de Moor (CD&V).
Thanks to strengthened cooperation with Morocco, 203 people have been returned to their country of origin, compared to 43 the previous year. This significant increase is the result of a more firm migration policy pursued by Belgium, which aims to increase the number of voluntary and forced returns (…)

Youssef Allali, an entrepreneur, is accused of having ordered the assassination of one of his associates, Frank Goes. The fifty-year-old was stabbed to death in front of his offices in Jette on September 29, 2020. Before the Brussels Assize Court on Monday, the lawyers for the civil party argue that Allali ordered at least the physical assault on the victim.
The two civil party lawyers, Me Sven Mary and Me Jean-Philippe Mayence, are convinced of Youssef Allali’s guilt in the murder of (…)

Mohammed Hassar, 70, appears before the Liège Assize Court for the murder of his son Bilal, 19, and the attempted murder of his other son, Faïssal, 29. The events took place at the family home in Liège, on August 28, 2019 for the murder of Bilal, and a few months earlier, on February 4, 2019, for the assault on Faïssal.
Born in Tangier (Morocco) in 1953, Mohammed Hassar joined Liège in 1976. Father of seven children, he describes a family life marked by conflicts between his sons Faïssal (…)