Vol 37 No 17 | MOROCCO Making a hash of it 23rd August 1996 The price of cannabis has soared this summer in Britain and other European markets. Smokers can lay much of the blame on Driss Basri, Interior Minister of Morocco,...
Vol 37 No 14 | MOROCCO Rabat tries reform 5th July 1996 Worries about King Hassan's successor and an apparent power vacuum dominate politics Political change is in the air. The heavy-handed and apparently politically motivated crack down on drug smugglers pitted the government, led by Interior Minister Driss Basri, against Casablanca's...
Vol 37 No 8 | MOROCCO Palace moves 12th April 1996 The King is better. After a painful recovery from bronchial pneumonia, he attended the Sharm el Sheikh terrorism summit in March and means to visit his old friend...
Vol 37 No 5 | MOROCCO Bad luck 1st March 1996 The honeymoon with the markets is over and the kingdom faces new political problems A run of bad luck has hit Morocco. Even the recent heavy rains, which ended two years of drought in the Maghreb and brought the promise of good...
Vol 37 No 5 | MOROCCO Ganja grief 1st March 1996 Business leaders, among others, are complaining that Interior and Information Minister Driss Basri has been using the kingdom's latest crackdown on drugs smugglers to consolidate his shaky power...