The former co-president of Ecolo has carved out a path to the government led by Alexandre De Croo, now occupying the position of Minister of Environment and Climate. Of Moroccan origin, Zakia Khattabi is one of those many people who have managed to fight to forge a personality and a reputation.
The Belgian far-right party, Vlaams Belang, organized a demonstration on Sunday that attracted between 4,500 and 5,000 cars to protest the establishment of a Vivaldi federal majority. In the procession there was a pickup truck bearing Nazi symbols, an image that was widely shared on Twitter.
Thirty years after the release of his first album, Brussels rapper Benny B is releasing a new album titled "I Am a Monster". More than a song, it is a message that denounces domestic violence and confronts everyone with their responsibilities.
On August 31, the municipal council of Molenbeek voted a resolution to be added to the work regulations of municipal agents. It opens the door to the debate on the wearing of religious symbols in administrations and consequently creates tensions within several political parties, including the Socialist Party accused of not having a clear position.
At the request of the federal prosecutor’s office, the Belgian police have issued a wanted notice in an attempt to locate two individuals suspected of having sequestered and tortured a man for days. They could go to Morocco.
The police used strategy to succeed in arresting the uncle of Ilias Chahdi, the 12-year-old boy from Mortsel, in the province of Antwerp, who disappeared on Thursday, September 17 and was found last Sunday in the village of Steenkerque, in Wallonia. Suspected of having kidnapped his nephew, Benjamine E.M., a radicalized man, will appear before the council chamber this Friday.
Before the president of the assize court during the trial, Marwan Yahiaoui (24 years old) admits to having killed his father on December 23, 2017, but does not accept to be considered a dangerous boy.
Belgium has decided to replace travel bans in red zones (Morocco and other countries) with strictly discouraging travel in these zones. This decision will come into effect on Friday, September 25.
Child Focus, the police and the public prosecutor’s office have issued a search notice to find Ilias Chahdi, a 12-year-old boy from Mortsel, in the province of Antwerp, who has gone missing. His parents have not heard from him since Thursday.
Settling of scores against the backdrop of drug trafficking, grenade attacks have resumed with a vengeance in certain neighborhoods of Antwerp. " Mocro-Maffia ", the Belgian and Dutch mafia of Moroccan origin, is simply back.
The Belgian-Moroccan Salah Eddine Dassy began his first year of engineering studies at the prestigious Solvay Brussels School Economics & Management of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on Monday. On this occasion, the Moroccan ambassador to Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mohamed Ameur, organized a reception in honor of this young Moroccan genius of 15 years old.
The federal police have managed to arrest a fifth suspect who would be involved in the shooting that occurred on July 5th on Alfred Orban Street in Forest. Soufiane Ben Ali, 23, had died in this shooting in the context of a settling of scores.