Racism, homophobia, and sexism are the ills that still undermine Belgian amateur football. At the Belgian Football Union, several actions including awareness campaigns and the establishment of working groups and an internal jurisdiction are being taken to put an end to these bad practices.
A tragic road accident recently mourned the Moroccan community of Lanaken (province of Limburg). On Saturday, February 25, a 17-year-old young man, Tarik , was fatally hit by a train while riding a scooter in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The precise circumstances of the accident remain to be determined.
Discrimination against young people and professionals of African origin persists in Belgian football, according to a study conducted by KU Leuven, commissioned by the Belgian Union.
The Court of Cassation of Brussels has confirmed the ruling of the Brussels court considering "illegal" the practices of body searches and on the knees as well as other degrading treatments suffered by Salah Abdeslam , Mohamed Abrini and other accused of the 2016 Brussels attacks.
The only candidate for his succession, the Moroccan Ahmed Laaouej has regained his position as president of the Brussels Federation of the Socialist Party (PS), following the vote that took place on Saturday, March 11.
The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office has issued a call for witnesses to try to find Mohamed Azzaoui, 49, from Wilrijk, who disappeared on February 22. He is said to have been kidnapped and held captive in an unknown location.
The victims of the Brussels attacks have requested to be heard in the presence of Mohamed Abrini and the other accused. They will give their testimony before the Brussels Assize Court in charge of trying the case.
Having gone to Morocco to pay tribute to the tomb of his five children, Bouchaïb Moqadem learned through his lawyer of the euthanasia death of his ex-wife Geneviève Lhermitte.
Sentenced in 2008 to life imprisonment for the murder of her five children, Geneviève Lhermitte died at the age of 56 on February 28. Married at the time of the events to the Moroccan Bouchaib Moqadem, the infanticidal mother was euthanized at the Léonard de Vinci hospital in Montigny-le-Tilleul.
While his puppies are threatened with deportation to Morocco or euthanasia, a Belgian is fighting to keep them with him in Ans. He has just filed an emergency appeal with the Council of State.
The president of the Belgian party CD&V, Sammy Mahdi (34 years old), has just made his relationship with the deputy Nawal Farih (34 years old), of Moroccan origin, official.
A terrible train accident cost the life of a 17-year-old young man of Moroccan origin on Saturday evening in Maastricht. Tarik El Yakoubi, a scooter rider, lost his life in this tragic incident that also injured another 17-year-old young man from Maastricht.