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Morocco

Population: 30.9 million
GNI: $696000 million
Debt: $19900 million
Overview: King Mohammed VI celebrates ten years in power in July, having set up the truth and reconciliation commissions. Yet Premier Abbas el Fassi's government is much criticised. Fears of a new war in Western Sahara.

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  • Vol 44 No 17
  • 29/08/2003

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
  • 29/08/2003

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
  • 30/05/2003

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
  • 25/10/2002

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
  • 11/10/2002

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
  • 26/07/2002

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 ...

  • Vol 43 No 4
  • 22/02/2002

Uncharted waters

The United Nations has issued an ambiguous legal opinion about exploration licences in the ocean off Western Sahara, and Morocco is objecting to exploration by Spain's Repsol YPF off the Canary Islands. Spanish-Moroccan relations are further soured by the...

  • Vol 43 No 3
  • 08/02/2002

A right royal putsch

King Mohammed VI's cousin Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah has taken off for the United States, claiming 'police harassment'. He is 37, and second in line of succession after the King's younger brother, Moulay Rachid, who is 31. By performing as Morocco's intel...

  • Vol 42 No 25
  • 21/12/2001

Honeymoon over

The government isn't working: palace and parties will fight for the political initiative

  • Vol 42 No 10
  • 18/05/2001

Unending endgame

Imagination and innovation are needed if a new war is to be prevented

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