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Morocco
Population: 31.9 mn.
GDP: 91.1 bn.
Debt: 19.6 bn.
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The Islamist PJD-led coalition is set for conflict with the King. Palace-appointed conservatives control the security state while former dissident Mustapha Ramid holds the justice ministry. This government is Mohamed VI's last chance to fend off revolution. 

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  • Vol 45 No 19
  •  24th September 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
  •  12th September 2003

Saharan box of tricks

As Saharan independence threatens, Rabat digs up its box of tricks

  • Vol 44 No 18
  •  12th September 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
  •  29th August 2003

Basri's heirs

A new generation of security chiefs responds to the Islamist challenge

  • Vol 44 No 17
  •  29th August 2003

Crises to come

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...

  • Vol 44 No 17
  •  29th August 2003

Ties that bind

Having given sanctuary to late President Mobutu Sese Seko, Morocco is maintaining close ties with Joseph Kabila, some of whose intelligence and close protection agents are being trained by Moroccan security.

  • Vol 44 No 11
  •  30th May 2003

Democracy at stake

Long before the suicide bombings ripped through Casablanca's heart on 16 May, Morocco's political class was debating the extent to which political Islam should be allowed to thrive in a democracy under pressure. The bombers killed 29 bystanders and batter...

  • Vol 43 No 21
  •  25th October 2002

Jettou set

King Mohammed VI surprised Moroccans on 9 October by naming industrialist-turned-Interior Minister Driss Jettou as his new Prime Minister.

  • Vol 43 No 20
  •  11th October 2002

Horse-trading

Islamist politicians and Francophone analysts agree on one thing, at least: the longer the outgoing coalition partners, the Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires and Parti de l'Istiqlal, wrangle over who governs, the greater the chances that the Islamist...

  • Vol 43 No 15
  •  26th July 2002

Everyone likes parsley

The Parsley Island affair underlined the glacial nature of Rabat-Madrid relations. Spain's continuing occupation of the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, within Morocco, is highly sensitive. The coastal cities are the focus of Rabat's claims and crucial for ...

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