Mar 31, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Besides concerns about militant Islamist networks making use of the situation, Morocco is also grappling with the effects that the COVID-19 outbreak will have on the economy. The tourism sector, which represented almost 11% of GDP in 2019, will be hugely affected....
Feb 27, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
The election of Abdellatif Ouahbi as General Secretary of the Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) will shake up Morocco’s largest opposition party. If he continues to push for a new direction for the party — and especially if he opts to form an alliance with the...
Feb 5, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Tensions between Morocco and Spain have increased this month after the Moroccan parliament ratified two laws that delineated its maritime borders. The laws — Bill 37.17 and Bill 38.17 — which had been stalled in the parliament since 2017 were unanimously passed on 22...
Jan 8, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani is going to have a difficult year in 2020 and the government will come under increasing strain. His position has been significantly weakened by the recent government reshuffle which resulted in a reduction in the number of Parti de la...
Dec 3, 2019 | Menas Associates, Morocco
The Moroccan rapper, Mohamed Mounir (a.k.a. Gnawi) was sentenced to one year in prison for offending public officials and public bodies. The charges relate to a live social media post from October in which Gnawi ranted against the police after they had stopped him and...
Oct 31, 2019 | Menas Associates, Morocco
This month Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani finally managed to pull a new government out of the bag just in time for the re-opening of parliament, despite many believing he would be tripped up by the other parties in his ruling alliance. Yet — while the reshuffle may...
