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• Belgian-Moroccan Suspect in Child Kidnapping Case Vanishes Before Trial
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  While he is due to appear before the Tongeren Assize Court on April 22, a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan has disappeared from the radar. This man accused of kidnapping a child is untraceable in Tongeren.
  Will Abderrahman Laktit be present at his trial for kidnapping on April 22 before the Tongeren Assize Court? Nothing is certain. "We think he is on the run," it is said. The units went to Abderrahman’s home and noticed that there was no one there. The thirtysomething is accused of a double (…)

• Moroccan Father Arrested for Abandoning Children in Spain During 40-Day Morocco Trip
  22 January 2023, by Prince

  The police arrested a 43-year-old Moroccan for having abandoned his minor children, aged 16 and 13, in the family home in Granada (southern Spain) for more than 40 days, to go on vacation to Morocco.
  The defendant, with a clean criminal record, left for Morocco, leaving the two minors with a little milk and a modest sum of money. During his 40 days of absence, he did not contact them, reports Ok Diario. The Moroccan was arrested upon his return from Morocco, after agents from the Unit for (…)

• Belgian Driver Sentenced in Fatal Hit-and-Run of 11-Year-Old Cyclist
  26 July 2023, by Prince

  The Maaseik police court has just sentenced a woman to three months in prison with probation and eight months of driving ban for hitting Bilal Ben Omar, an 11-year-old Moroccan, on May 19, 2021 in Maasmechelen. The boy died a few days later in the hospital.
  The woman, from Kinrooi, hit Bilal who was cycling with her Citroën on the roundabout of the Oude Baan and the Koning Albertlaan in Maasmechelen. The forty-year-old dragged the boy, trapped under her car, for a few more

• Urgent Search Underway for Missing 14-Year-Old Belgian Girl Nisrine Marabet
  2 May 2023, by Said

  Child Focus, the Belgian organization dedicated to child protection, has issued a search notice following the worrying disappearance of Nisrine Marabet, a 14-year-old girl. Nisrine was last seen on Sunday, April 30 in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Leeuw-Saint-Pierre), and since then she remains untraceable.
  The girl is described as measuring 170 centimeters, having a slender build, black hair and dark brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a black jacket and a black scarf. (…)

• Morocco’s Single Mothers Face Legal and Social Stigma
  14 February, by Prince

  In Morocco, single mothers continue to be victims of prejudice and discrimination. As proof, Moroccan law does not allow these women to request DNA tests to establish the paternity of their child.
  "In Morocco, everyone looks at you strangely when they know you are a single mother," says Zineb (pseudonym), a 19-year-old single mother, to the newspaper El Pais. The young woman, who gave birth a little over a month ago, lives with her baby in the shelter of the National Institute of Women’s (…)

• Search Intensifies for Missing 13-Year-Old in French Alps
  2 April, by Prince

  Missing for more than a week, Amjad Jacquemin, a 13-year-old teenager, remains untraceable. His family is desperately searching for him. The national police have issued a missing person alert for the young man of Moroccan origin.
  This 13-year-old teenager, a resident of the Les Perce-Neige educational center in Gap, has not given any sign of life since March 23, the date on which he is said to have disappeared, according to the missing person alert issued by the police of the (…)

• Morocco Lowers Compulsory School Age to 2 Years Old
  7 April, by Prince

  The Moroccan government approved on Thursday draft law No. 59.21 on school education, presented by Mohamed Saïd Barada, the Minister of National Education, Preschool and Sports. It makes schooling compulsory for children from the age of 2.
  Article 8 of the text obliges any person responsible for the care of a child (father, mother, legal guardian, directors and managers of social protection institutions) to enroll the child in an educational institution from the required age and to ensure (…)

• Morocco Weighs School Closures as COVID-19 Cases Rise, Parents Express Concern
  16 October 2020, by Jérôme

  Faced with the resurgence of Covid-19 in Morocco, parents of students who have chosen face-to-face learning are increasingly concerned. In a city like Casablanca, the option of closing schools seems to be emerging.
  Parents of students, particularly those who have chosen face-to-face learning (90%), are worried, given the risk of school closures, reports EcoActu, adding that since September 2, the start of the school year, some 229 schools accommodating 128,599 students have been closed in (…)

• Mother of ISIS Child Recruit Arrested at Paris Airport, Young Daughter Still Missing
  18 October 2020, by Jérôme

  Upon returning from Syria via Istanbul, following her expulsion by the Turkish authorities, Jana’s mother-in-law was arrested on Monday at Roissy. After her indictment on Friday evening, she was incarcerated for criminal terrorist conspiracy, child abduction and child abandonment.
  Jihane Makhzoumi had left Villefontaine (Isère) in August 2014 with her partner Eddy Leroux, converted to Islam under the name of Zayed, and three girls born from their previous relationships (Jana, Maryam and (…)

• French Interior Minister Tackles Drug Trafficking, Migration in Morocco Visit
  18 October 2020, by Jérôme

  The first visit to Morocco by French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin was not a smooth one, as the issues addressed were all of importance. On the menu: drugs, migration, counter-terrorism, recruitment of imams...
  "We were able to work on several issues related to national security and the fight against terrorism," said Mr. Darmanin after a meeting in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart Abdelouafi Laftit.
  The fight against drug trafficking was addressed given that Morocco is the (…)