Vol 39 No 23 | MOROCCO Twin peaks 20th November 1998 Contract-chasing companies, local politicians and many of Casablanca’s four million or so residents will focus, on 21-28 November, on the tenth anniversary of the city’s twinning with Bordeaux....
Vol 39 No 9 | MOROCCO Blair-ites in the desert 1st May 1998 King Hassan's liberalisation provides more space for Islamists and infuriates Algiers Old animosities between Algiers and Rabat are re-emerging. This time it's over Islamist infiltrators and the planned referendum on Western Sahara (see Box). Algeria's still powerful former Defence...
Vol 39 No 9 | MOROCCO A voting mirage 1st May 1998 United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan risks losing face in the Western Sahara. The referendum planned for 7 December - to decid.e at last whether the territory joins...