Elections will produce a functioning government but, troublingly, few Moroccans seem to care
The Islamist PJD is not exactly in freefall but unexpectedly close elections in September could trigger difficult decisions for King Mohammed
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...
M6 is relaxing his grip on politics, opening prospects for rebranded Islamists and others
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...
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).
As Saharan independence threatens, Rabat digs up its box of tricks
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...
A new generation of security chiefs responds to the Islamist
challenge
Whoever governs Morocco faces daunting social problems and the challenge of creating a more responsive political system. In two decades, Fes has fallen from third-ranked economic centre to eighth; Marrakesh has long overtaken it to become the tourist ca...
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