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- Vol 50 No 1
- 09/01/2009
Reform-minded monarch
King Mohammed is an absolute monarch but paradoxically, he is the region’s most reform-minded head of state.
- Vol 48 No 19
- 21/09/2007
Best election dirhams could buy
Elections will produce a functioning government but, troublingly, few Moroccans seem to care
- Vol 48 No 16
- 03/08/2007
Electoral arithmetic
The Islamist PJD is not exactly in freefall but unexpectedly close elections in September could trigger difficult decisions for King Mohammed
- Vol 48 No 16
- 03/08/2007
Parties turn to the young guards
As parties vie for votes, much emphasis is placed on younger politicians. Leading Istiqlal's charge is the young trio of Equipment and Transport Minister Karim Ghellab, ebullient Housing and Town Planning Minister Ahmed Toufik Hjira and Adil Douiri, the T...
- Vol 46 No 8
- 15/04/2005
A new-style monarchy
M6 is relaxing his grip on politics, opening prospects for rebranded Islamists and others
- Vol 46 No 8
- 15/04/2005
Long-term agenda
The Parti de la Justice et du Développement is back in politics, with a message it intends to be acceptable to a majority of Moroccans. After the Islamist bombings in May 2003, the PJD was threatened with abolition, taking the blame for an envi...
- Vol 45 No 19
- 24/09/2004
Collision course
The new Pan-African Parliament has already made an impact. As it opened in Midrand on 16 September, Pretoria established diplomatic ties with the Polisario Front's government-in-exile, the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- Vol 44 No 18
- 12/09/2003
Saharan box of tricks
As Saharan independence threatens, Rabat digs up its box of tricks
- Vol 44 No 18
- 12/09/2003
Rabat's regional security web
As it tries to regain some of the initiative in the struggle for Western Sahara, Morocco will seek to pull in debts from several West African and other states with which it has long enjoyed strong commercial and security links. While King Mohammed VI does...
- Vol 44 No 17
- 29/08/2003
Basri's heirs
A new generation of security chiefs responds to the Islamist challenge
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