Vol 59 No 9 | ETHIOPIAMOROCCO Who wants to see a billionaire? 4th May 2018 Viewed from the Casablanca commercial courtroom where the bankruptcy and mothballing of his Société Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie du Raffinage (Samir) refinery company has been...
Vol 59 No 7 | ALGERIAMOROCCO World Cup warm-up 6th April 2018 Morocco's bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 has won an unusual recruit. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has given the campaign his personal blessing. The edict of the ...
Vol 59 No 6 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Fishing for recognition 23rd March 2018 The precise legal position of the European Union's fisheries agreement with Morocco may now be clear, but few seem to have noticed. The European Court of Justice ruled on 27 Februa...
Vol 59 No 3 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNIONWESTERN SAHARA Polisario and the fish pact 9th February 2018 The European Union has acknowledged the Polisario Front's right to take part in the bloc's renegotiation of its fisheries agreement with Morocco, which would put the warring partie...
Vol 59 No 1 | MOROCCO Forward on the southern front 12th January 2018 The Kingdom sees a big future for itself south of the Sahara, but it may not have the resources to ensure success King Mohammed VI (M6) has invested a huge amount of political capital – and the biggest Moroccan banks and corporations' money – in making one of Africa's most notable strategic pi...
Vol 58 No 25 | MOROCCO Courtship and crackdowns 15th December 2017 Many Moroccans are proud to see their king bestriding the global stage but are less keen on the autocratic side of royalty Moroccans are now used to King Mohammed VI (M6) leading the kingdom's drive to become a political and economic heavyweight in Africa. For decades North African leaders tended to lo...
Vol 58 No 21 | ALGERIAMOROCCORUSSIA Guns, gas and nukes 20th October 2017 Guns, gas and nuclear cooperation were among the goodies offered by Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev in a 72-hour tour of Algiers and Rabat between 9 and 11 October.
Vol 58 No 21 | MOROCCO M6's apprentices 20th October 2017 The appointment of Nizar Baraka to head Istiqlal (Independence), after months of angry wrangling among the historic nationalist party's political bosses, reflects a wider move back...
Vol 58 No 20 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARAEUROPEAN UNION Game of names 6th October 2017 African leaders meet their European Union counterparts in Abidjan in late November with migration and increased European investment certain to dominate the agenda. However, an unli...
Vol 58 No 12 | MOROCCO Rif in revolt 9th June 2017 Rebellion is stirring once more in the northern Rif region, regardless of King Mohammed VI's efforts to pacify the area with big infrastructural investment, such as the Tanger-Med ...