King Mohammed VI (M6)

One possible reason is that all Moroccans must pledge bayah to King Mohammed VI himself...

The PJD made sweeping electoral gains in the wake of King Mohammed VI's 'Arab Spring' reforms in 2011 and has been building on them ever since (AC Vol 52 No 25 The King's own Islamists)...

Securing Morocco's hold over the territory remains key to maintaining King Mohammed VI's personal prestige and in the long term to the Alaouite family staying on the throne...

'If things don't change we are going to see another explosion and this time I'm not sure that he [King Mohammed VI] can handle it' a well-connected entrepreneur told Africa Confidential over Ramadan coffee...

King Mohammed VI was one of the star guests at last September's celebration of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's accession to office in Mali and this year he returned to Bamako for a major official visit...

Neither is Morocco's King Mohammed VI (‘M6') in any mood to give up the ‘Saharan provinces'...

Three years into the new constitution King Mohammed VI (aka ‘M6') lacks the direct control over day-to-day politics and the economy that his father the late King Hassan II exerted...

Other leaders there to endorse Keïta included Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan and Ghana's John Dramani Mahama alongside Tunisia's Interim President Moncef Marzouki and King Mohamed VI of Morocco who has been increasing his engagement with West Africa...

Morocco looks equally divided with King Mohamed VI offering discreet support for the new regime while Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane of the Islamist Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD) is critical...

King Mohammed VI’s government has been trying to convince Polisario to accept its offer of autonomy within the borders of Morocco...