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...

A heavy police presence helped to keep protests to a minimum while the governing Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) held back from confrontation before suffering a huge election defeat to Aziz Akhannouch's Rassemblement National des Indépendants (RNI) and other parties close to the Palace (AC Vol 62 No 22 The PJD loses its base & Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...

In national elections in September the malfunctioning Islamist Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) government in office since the 2011 Arab Spring was replaced by a liberal-minded administration led by energetic billionaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch (AC Vol 62 No 22 The PJD loses its base & Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...

The effect was clearest in Morocco's parliamentary elections in September when the PJD's Saad Eddine el Othmani was replaced at the head of government by a big business-focused administration under billionaire Aziz Akhannouch (AC Vol 62 No 19 A win for the Makhzen)...

Meanwhile the vote for new Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) the Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) and some other Makhzen-approved parties was inflated by 'investment' in rural electorates...

When King Mohammed VI (M6) asked billionaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch to form a government their meeting on 10 September formalised the victory of secular over Islamist factions in Morocco's version of the culture wars (AC Vol 60 No 25 Activist King vs the activists)...

PREMIER AKHANNOUCH – THE NEW MAN IN A SUIT A highly ambitious Swasa Berber from the southern Sousse region Aziz Akhannouch has finally achieved his ambition to form a government...

Grandstanding is a speciality of hyperactive Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Aziz Akhannouch who in five years has reshaped the ‘loyalist' Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) as a genuine national force...

Aziz Akhannouch continues to position the Rassemblement national des indépendants (RNI) as a potential majority party of government in spite of his Afriquiya petrol stations being one of three major local brands targeted by an unprecedented consumer boycott which launched on social media in April 2018 (AC Vol 59 No 17 Wrath rules & Vol 58 No 2 Benkirane's 'bras de fer')...