US EditionKing Mohammed VI set to speak as Gen Z protesters demand reforms in Morocco
Youth protests demand government dismissal, anti-corruption measures, and social service reforms amid high youth unemployment and recent maternal deaths, organizers said.
- Protests led by the Gen Z 212 movement erupted in Morocco, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and reforms for better public services and anti-corruption measures.
- Morocco's youth-led movement, Gen Z 212, resumed protests to demand the removal of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and called for reforms to address corruption and public services.
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Morocco king calls for social reforms
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and healthcare was a priority, but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms. "We have set as priorities... the creation of jobs for young people, and the concrete improvement of the education and health sectors," the monarch said in his annual address to the opening session of parliament. The royal speech had …
After two weeks of youth mobilization, King Mohammed VI, took advantage of the opening of Parliament to recall the urgency of the reforms and reframe the government.
Dozens of young Moroccans are mobilizing at the call of the GenZ 212 collective to challenge the government and demand reforms.
Investigated with the yellow chilaba of the Alawite royalty, Mohamed VI has sent this Friday afternoon to Parliament and the Government a message in which he has appealed to strengthen social and territorial justice following the recent wave of protests by young Moroccans, the largest in two decades. “This is not an empty slogan or a priority for the time being, but a strategic orientation (from monarchy to public authorities) that requires all …
In a Morocco shaken by the demonstrations of GenZ212, the sovereign must speak today before the deputies on the occasion of the opening of the parliamentary session. The street demands his word and his intervention, some demand the resignation of the head of the government Aziz Akhannouch. But what cards is the sovereign really ready to shoot down?
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