After months of postponements, the trial of Dikke Nordin El Hajjioui in the "Bombs and Grenades" case was supposed to be held this Wednesday. But the Moroccan-born defendant did not appear in court. The prosecution requested a sentence of twelve years in prison and a fine of 100,000 euros against him.
Soumiya, a Moroccan living in Brussels, has been living without kidneys for 34 years. Far from feeling sorry for herself, she created "Warrior in Pajamas," an association to help patients who suffer, like her, from kidney failure.
Oumi Rayane, cyclist Remco Evenepoel’s wife, reacted publicly via an Instagram story, two days after comments made about her by Sporza journalist Ruben Van Gucht during a television show. Her post contained a direct response to the journalist’s claims about her family situation.
A legal case in Antwerp concerns the involvement of members of the El Ballouti family, of Moroccan origin, in a cocaine importation through the port. Three brothers, Othman, Younes and Nordin, are linked to this case, which has recent developments including an arrest, a fugitive, and an appeal procedure.
Racism is increasingly present in Belgium. A segment of a television show broadcast last Friday is a perfect illustration of this.
While they thought he had fled to Morocco, Belgian investigators finally arrested Ali O., convicted in two separate trials for drug trafficking and membership in a criminal organization in the Antwerp region. He is currently incarcerated in Antwerp prison, Belgium.
In Belgium, flights departing from Charleroi will all be cancelled due to a new day of national strike. Flights to Morocco could be affected by these movements.
Minors, particularly from Morocco, are being recruited on social networks, notably through groups on Telegram, YouTube, or WhatsApp by criminal networks from Belgium or in Brussels neighborhoods. They are being used as drug dealers.
Nadia Kammachi, group leader of Écolo/Groen in Anderlecht, denounces the "clothing harassment" and "discrimination" that have allegedly been taking place at the Athénée Joseph Bracops in Anderlecht for months.
Three former members of the Silva proximity brigade in Forest, two of whom are still employed by the Brussels-Midi police zone (Anderlecht, Forest and Saint-Gilles), face prison time for sending a photo of Mohamed-Amine Dardour, the alleged perpetrator of the murder of Soufiane Benali, a 23-year-old man nicknamed "Nana" killed in July 2020 in Forest, to neighborhood delinquents known as "sheriffs".
Following the statements of their party president, Amine El Boujdaini, Loubna Azghoud, Ismaïl Luahabi and Youssef Handichi, four MR deputies of Moroccan origin, were targeted by PS deputies on social media. One of them appeals to King Mohammed VI.
Abdelkader Belliraj , 67, Belgian-Moroccan sentenced to life for terrorism in Morocco in 2010, has received a Belgian passport. He was released at the end of March from Oudaya prison (Marrakech) following a pardon from King Mohammed VI granted for the end of Ramadan.