Vol 44 No 11 | MOROCCO Democracy at stake 30th May 2003 Long before the suicide bombings ripped through Casablanca's heart on 16 May, Morocco's political class was debating the extent to which political Islam should be allowed to thrive...
Vol 43 No 21 | MOROCCO Jettou set 25th October 2002 King Mohammed VI surprised Moroccans on 9 October by naming industrialist-turned-Interior Minister Driss Jettou as his new Prime Minister.
Vol 43 No 20 | MOROCCO Horse-trading 11th October 2002 Islamist politicians and Francophone analysts agree on one thing, at least: the longer the outgoing coalition partners, the Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires and Parti de l'Istiqlal, wrangle...
Vol 43 No 15 | MOROCCOSPAIN Everyone likes parsley 26th July 2002 The Parsley Island affair underlined the glacial nature of Rabat-Madrid relations. Spain's continuing occupation of the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, within Morocco, is highly sensitive. The coastal...
Vol 43 No 4 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Uncharted waters 22nd February 2002 The United Nations has issued an ambiguous legal opinion about exploration licences in the ocean off Western Sahara, and Morocco is objecting to exploration by Spain's Repsol YPF...
Vol 43 No 3 | MOROCCO A right royal putsch 8th February 2002 King Mohammed VI's cousin Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah has taken off for the United States, claiming 'police harassment'. He is 37, and second in line of succession after...
Vol 42 No 25 | MOROCCO Honeymoon over 21st December 2001 The government isn't working: palace and parties will fight for the political initiative Next year the King will marry an old friend, Salma Bennani, a commoner and an engineer in Guemassa, the mining arm of the conglomerate ONA. That should raise...
Vol 42 No 10 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Unending endgame 18th May 2001 Imagination and innovation are needed if a new war is to be prevented Postponing rather than hoping to solve the Western Sahara problem, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has extended yet again the life of the UN Mission to the...
Vol 41 No 10 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Fishy business 12th May 2000 As if the Western Sahara did not have enough tangles, an old debate about fishing rights has reemerged to weave fresh knots. Most of the fish that swarm...
Vol 41 No 6 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARA Baker's big idea 17th March 2000 A new drive for peace in Western Sahara is signalled by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's choice of a new Special Envoy. Former United States Secretary of...