Vol 44 No 18 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Saharan box of tricks 12th September 2003 As Saharan independence threatens, Rabat digs up its box of tricks King Mohammed VI has woken up to the realisation that Morocco's campaign to impose its sovereignty over Western Sahara has entered a dangerous new phase. For three decades,...
Vol 44 No 18 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Rabat's regional security web 12th September 2003 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...
Vol 44 No 17 | MOROCCO Basri's heirs 29th August 2003 A new generation of security chiefs responds to the Islamist challenge A new security elite has finally risen to the top in Morocco, buoyed up by popular demands for security and more incisive government. This comes three and...
Vol 44 No 17 | MOROCCO Crises to come 29th August 2003 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...
Vol 44 No 17 | MOROCCOCONGO-KINSHASA Ties that bind 29th August 2003 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...
Vol 44 No 11 | MOROCCO Democracy at stake 30th May 2003 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...