Belgium

The parents of Sidra Atmane, the 4-year-old Moroccan girl who died a month ago after choking during a gymnastics class at the Sint-Martinus school in Burcht, are still in shock. They do not accept the premature departure of their child who was full of life and did not suffer from any illness.
"Just two days before her death, we were joyfully celebrating at home. Sidra was laughing. She was happy. She was eating with a good appetite. There was a cake. There were gifts. She had just turned (…)

The Belgian Minister of Justice, Paul Van Tigchelt, welcomed on Tuesday the good police cooperation between Belgium and Morocco, which has enabled the seizure of the property of criminals who had taken refuge in the kingdom as well as their arrest.
"Crime has no borders. We therefore need good collaboration between the federal and local police, with the magistrates, but also good cooperation with other countries," Van Tigchelt told La Dernière Heure during his visit to the headquarters of (…)

After declaring their support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, and recently making a visit to Rabat, the Belgian authorities are preparing to strengthen their police cooperation with Morocco.
According to Maghreb Intelligence, Belgium plans to appoint an intelligence officer to Morocco this summer to facilitate the exchange of information on irregular immigration, terrorism and extremism. Thus, this officer from the Civil Intelligence Service (VSSE), the domestic intelligence (…)

The Antwerp singer of Moroccan origin, Jamilla Baidou, was sentenced on Monday by the Sint-Niklaas police court to a one-year driving ban for having parked her car in the Liefkenshoek tunnel in 2022 to make videos in the middle of the night.
In addition to the one-year driving ban, the YouTuber was declared "permanently physically and mentally unfit to drive a car". A sentence she considers too severe. "I would agree with a one-year driving ban, but this year only starts after proving (…)

The Executive of Muslims in Belgium (EMB) announced on Monday evening the date of the end of Ramadan in Belgium. It will therefore be on April 10 that Muslims will end the Ramadan fast.
The EMB invites Muslims in Belgium to "share these festivities with their family, friends and neighbors of all beliefs, in a spirit of peace, living together and solidarity with the most destitute."
Eid Al Fitr or the Small Eid is the Muslim festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Sidra Atmane, 4 years old, a student at the Sint-Martinusschool in Burcht, was seriously injured last Friday during the gymnastics class. Transported to the hospital in critical condition, the Moroccan-origin girl finally died on Tuesday. Her family is devastated.
Last Friday, while participating in the "Around the World" obstacle course game during the gymnastics class, little Sidra was seriously injured after getting stuck in a gymnastics apparatus. After the first aid provided by the (…)

The United Arab Emirates has extradited Nordin El Hajjioui, the suspected drug baron accused of large-scale cocaine trafficking, illegal arms trade, and drug-related violence, to Belgium. A profile of a young Belgian-Moroccan who amassed a large fortune in the criminal underworld.
Born on October 8, 1987 in Antwerp, Nordin El Hajjioui grew up in the Antwerp neighborhood "Den Dam", the triangle between the Sportpaleis, Park Spoor Noord, and the port. He got involved in drug trafficking at (…)

Extradited by the United Arab Emirates, the drug trafficker Nordin El Hajjioui (35 years old), alias Dikke Nordin, arrived on Friday in Antwerp on a military plane that landed at the Melsbroek air base.
Nordin El Hajjioui is one of the most dangerous criminals wanted by the Belgian authorities. He is the first Antwerp drug trafficker to be extradited by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the signing of the new extradition treaty between the two countries. The nicknamed Dikke Nordin (…)

In Flanders, the axe has fallen on nearly 500 social housing tenants, including Moroccans, who were unmasked as owners of real estate abroad within three years. A figure that represents more than half of the cases checked and highlights a fraudulent system with international ramifications.
Limburg, the province bordering the Netherlands and Germany, takes the lion’s share with 309 cases of detected fraud. A sad record that highlights the extent of the problem and the urgency of corrective (…)

An investigation conducted by the Spanish justice system resulted in the arrest of two young men in their twenties, suspected of being the perpetrators of the shots that led to the death of Soufiane Benali, 23, nicknamed "Nana" in July 2020 in Forest, Belgium.
It was the Spanish police who put an end to about a year of flight. The arrest of Mohamed-Amine Dardour took place in Spain, in the company of Youssef Jeddi. These two young men in their twenties were in possession of weapons, (…)