Benkirane retreated after 2017 but returned as PJD leader after his party was eviscerated in 2021 – when billionaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch was appointed to head a liberal modernising government after his Rassemblement National des Indépendants (RNI) won most seats (AC Vol 62 No 22 The PJD loses its base)...
One important decision has been taken ahead of the election with Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch announcing on 11 January that he would stand down from government after polling day – and from leadership of the Rassemblement National des Indépendants presumably some time before that...
At home a general election in 2026 could see unpopular billionaire Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch lose control of government possibly to be replaced by Istiqlal's Nizar Baraka or another loyalist party chief (AC Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...
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Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's government has survived a two-day general strike after pushing through a controversial bill that will significantly curtail workers' rights including the right to strike...
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Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has survived another year in government but winning little public affection for his neoliberal policies...
Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's government has moved quickly to invest its resources in major new pipelines to bring water from dams in the wetter north southwards...
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Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has survived another difficult year in office his government sticking to orthodox economic policies and being rewarded by hosting the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Marrakech only weeks after parts of central Morocco were flattened by a huge earthquake on 8 September (AC Vol 64 No 19 Worst earthquake for 120 years could unleash economic and political tremors)...
At least 300 000 houses and 500 schools will have to be rebuilt Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch told local journalists...
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- RUSSIA
- AFRICA
He might struggle to get Morocco's King Mohammed VI to agree but Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch would may be interested in discussions over fertiliser supply deals with Russian producers...
In Morocco businessman-turned-Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's administration promises change but too little has been delivered in a system where power-brokers close to the Palace still pull many strings...
