Nov 21, 2018 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Rai al-Youm — an online Arabic language newspaper that is critical of the Saudi government — reported from ‘well-informed sources’ that, despite multiple requests from Riyadh, the Moroccan government has refused to extradite Prince Mansour bin Abdullah al-Saud who is...
Oct 25, 2018 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI’s 12 October speech to both Houses of Parliament in Rabat to open the new legislative year mainly focused on the disparity between economic development in the country’s rural and urban areas, and the subsequent need for rural...
Sep 25, 2018 | Menas Associates, Morocco
The Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD) has controlled the majority of parliament since 2011. This is in large part due to its ability to collaborate with other political powers and its recognition of King Mohammed VI’s unquestioned position as leader of...
Aug 15, 2018 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Morocco is one of Africa and the world’s leaders in renewable energy. Since 2011, it has included provisions regarding sustainable development in the constitution. It opened Africa’s largest wind farm at Tarfaya in southern Morocco in 2014 and the world’s largest...
May 24, 2018 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Morocco has announced that it would be severing diplomatic relations with Tehran because of the latter’s support for the Polisario Front, the Saharawis movement for Western Sahara independence (among other things). Morocco has accused Iran and Hezbollah of training...
Apr 24, 2018 | Menas Associates, Morocco
King Mohammed VI had not been seen in Morocco for months before reports surfaced on 16 April that he had returned for a brief visit. Earlier in the month a ‘selfie’ — taken and posted by the embattled Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri — appeared on social media...
