Jan 28, 2021 | Menas Associates, Morocco
The leadership of Morocco’s ruling Parti Justice et Développement (PJD) party is desperately trying to contain a backlash among its rank-and-file which has been prompted by Morocco’s recent normalisation of diplomatic relations with Israel. In December 2020, a...
Dec 18, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
2021 will be an important year for Morocco because it will be dominated by the national, local and regional elections which may well deliver a new political configuration. Although the ruling Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD) is still likely to come...
Oct 29, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Morocco chalked up another diplomatic success this month when, on 27 October, the UAE announced it was planning to open a general consulate in Laayoune. This was confirmed during an October call between King Mohamed VI and Abu Dhabi’s de facto leader, Crown Prince...
Sep 24, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
A storm is brewing inside Morocco’s ruling Parti de la justice et du dévéloppement (PJD) with different parts of the party increasingly pulling in opposite directions. Although the PJD has long been divided, these fissures are rising to the surface at what — because...
Jul 29, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
Morocco’s phosphate industry has long been viewed as one of the Kingdom’s major success stories. The mainly state-owned OCP Group — previously known as the Office Chérifien des Phosphates — has worked hard to retain its position as the world’s largest exported of...
Jun 25, 2020 | Menas Associates, Morocco
With political attentions becoming increasingly focused on the forthcoming legislative and local elections of 2021, there have been renewed calls for voting to be made compulsory. Such calls are nothing new because demands for mandatory voting have repeatedly...
