Current Affairs of Morocco

Tensions are already mounting between the main political parties. Not only do the elections constitute an evaluation of the success or failure of the constitutional reforms that Morocco adopted in 2011, but also a litmus test for the performance of …

Mahjoubi Aherdane, a controversial but generally liked figure, is not one man but four: politician, poet-writer, artist-painter and the oldest living icon of Morocco’s Amazigh ethnic group. Aherdane embarked on a military career to “go beyond the …

Morocco has a long and consistent position on the Western Sahara issue. Morocco has repeatedly offered the region a plan for autonomy under the Moroccan flag and invested heavily in the territory within a framework of advanced decentralization, as a …

The attitude of the Moroccan regime towards the Salafis shifted gradually in the aftermath of the so-called Arab Spring, the death of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, the failure of political Islam, and the growing presence of IS and similar terrorist …

A recommendation by the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights on 20 October 2015 that all forms of discrimination against women, including in matters of inheritance, be eliminated led to a raging debate between supporters and opponents. The …

Morocco boasts one of the highest rates of insolation in the world, and the country is serious about using it. It is building, in the Saharan province of Ouarzazate, what may be the world’s largest concentrated solar multiple power station plant, …

The Murshidat provide moral support and advise women and teachers on how to prevent youth from being drawn to extremism by openly discussing these matters and by encouraging youth to challenge extremist ideas and take responsibility for their …

On 4 September 2015, Morocco’s citizens had to elect people to fill 30,000 local council seats and 700 regional council seats from among 140,000 candidates representing at least 30 parties. This was the first time Moroccans had chosen both local …

A recommendation by the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights on 20 October 2015 that all forms of discrimination against women, including in matters of inheritance, be eliminated led to a raging debate between supporters and opponents. While …

The film has provoked an unprecedented national debate in the media and become a talking point in workplaces, schools and homes. While some see in it a creative endeavour, a piece of art that reflects freedom of expression in Morocco, others regard …

In late 2014, Kosmos Energy began drilling in the offshore of Western Sahara; the drilling has both negative and positive aspects for Morocco and beyond.

The 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa region, took Morocco by surprise and greatly affected the status of human rights, which went from rapidly accelerating democratization to a gradual return to the earlier status quo. Gender …

Hassan II's funeral in 1999 was attended by a new Jordanian King, a new Emir of Bahrain, a new President of Algeria, and a new Prime Minister of Israel. Shortly afterwards, President Hafiz al-Assad of Syria died and was succeeded by his son, Bashar …

The new mood led to elections in 1996, which were much fairer than earlier ones. In 1998 Abderrahman al-Youssoufi, the leader of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), who had long been an exile in France, formed a coalition government, …