King Mohammed VI (M6)

The talks arranged by King Mohammed VI ended with Taylor and Conté on better terms...

While most Moroccan eyes have turned towards Palestine with King Mohammed VI postponing his planned 12-14 April public wedding celebration ministers have lobbied in Cameroon Guinea Mauritius Britain China Ireland Mexico Norway and Syria...

On 27 February King Mohammed VI's discreet diplomats brought together Presidents Kabbah Liberia's Charles Taylor and Guinea's Lansana Conté (AC Vol 43 No 5) for talks which ended fairly cordially...

Bush on 28 February King Mohammed VI said Rabat backed local autonomy for the Western Sahara ­ the 'third way' proposed by Baker but resolutely opposed by Polisario...

In the Saharan capital Laayoune on 6 March Mohammed VI said Morocco would not relinquish a 'single inch' of the territory...

As Mohammed VI visited Laayoune and Dakhla Morocco further north was alive with rumours of troop movements on the Algerian side of the mountainous border...

King Mohammed VI's cousin Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah has taken off for the United States claiming 'police harassment'...

Moroccans complain that the inexperience of Mohammed VI adds to government paralysis...

That would be a disaster for King Mohammed VI...

That should raise the ratings of Mohammed VI 36 years old and known to many as 'M6'...

Other respected technocrats recruited to beef up the Palace team include the former Public Works Minister Abdelaziz Meziane Belkfkih to head the Mohammed VI Foundation which supports education and other social reforms...

The USA strongly backs Morocco's King Mohammed VI who is seen as a moderate modernising force...

Morocco under King Mohammed VI is losing tourist revenue and French intelligence sources say the king is politically vulnerable to local and Algerian Islamists...

Algeria backed the Polisario with money arms and troops between 1975-91 and remains its strongest ally while also seeking an accommodation with Morocco under its new King Mohamed VI...