A widowed mother says a private clinic in Agadir refuses to hand over her son’s body until nearly 100,000 dirhams is paid. The family, facing serious financial difficulties, says it cannot afford this amount.
Mohamed is preparing complaints in Morocco and Belgium. His aim is to reconstruct what happened to any insurance payments, social benefits and inheritance funds after the death of his father, a Moroccan worker who died in 1977 following an accident in France.
The number of babies born in France to mothers born in Morocco has fallen sharply over the past ten years. This decline accompanies the overall drop in French births, as the country has just entered a period in which deaths now outnumber births.
Morocco has sharply reduced newborn mortality since the beginning of the century. But the latest United Nations estimates show that in 2024, more than 6,000 babies still died before reaching their 28th day of life.
After the deadly rush toward Sebta , some Moroccan families are facing a new ordeal: recovering the bodies. Relatives of victims say they are being asked for around 2,500 euros to repatriate a body to Morocco.
His father died in Morocco and his mother returned to live in the Kingdom. Left in the Netherlands, a minor of Moroccan nationality found himself without parental supervision and without a fixed address. Dutch justice had to intervene to appoint a guardian for him.
A 61-year-old Moroccan homeless man was found dead Thursday in the parking area of the Forum des Halles, in the heart of Paris. Signs of violence were found, and an investigation has been opened to determine the exact causes of death.
Two heirs living in Morocco risked losing all rights to 68,195 euros in rent collected from an estate in France. The Court of Cassation has now overturned the penalty and definitively ruled in their favor.
Living in Morocco until your death is not necessarily enough to keep French courts from handling an inheritance. A Court of Cassation ruling shows that assets retained in France may allow a French judge to rule on the entire estate.
Pollution, environmental degradation and climate risks have a considerable health cost for children in Morocco. A study by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF estimates that they account for 133,200 healthy life-years lost among those under 18.
Just hours before his death, 7-year-old Hamza was wandering alone through the streets of Merchtem, Belgium. Police found him and took him home. During the night, the child died and three relatives were arrested.
Driss Atounane, 54, died after being struck in a tram in Evere while defending an assaulted passenger. His son and the victim’s daughter pay tribute to a man unable to turn away from someone in danger.