Vol 55 No 16 | MOROCCO Not waving but drifting 8th August 2014 Some see the kingdom as a star in this troubled region but a political vacuum at the top and a lack of ideas are holding it back Prescient members of the ruling class are feeling uneasy, even in Casablanca's smartest restaurants and on its widest boulevards, thronged by designer shops and choked with luxury cars....
Vol 55 No 7 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARANORWAY Kill the drill 4th April 2014 The Norwegian-based company Aker Solutions has decided to stop providing oil services to its drilling rig in disputed waters off Western Sahara after Africa Confidential publicised the case...
Vol 55 No 6 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARANORWAY Testing the offshore limits 21st March 2014 Sahrawi officials are again trying to get the UN to intervene with oil companies drilling in disputed offshore areas A legal battle may be brewing between the Polisario Front, which since 1973 has aspired to rule Western Sahara, and Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions over offshore...
Vol 55 No 6 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARAUNITED STATES Senate for Morocco 21st March 2014 About a month after the United States Senate passed a bill that, very unusually, affects the disputed territory of Western Sahara, Washington lobbyists Gray Global Advisors revealed they...
Vol 55 No 2 | MOROCCO Headaches for Benkirane 24th January 2014 A deteriorating economic situation adds to political tension as parties manoeuvre for next year’s elections Morocco seems to have emerged stronger from the Arab Spring. The constitution promises a more open political system and improved human rights. A coalition government led by the...