Vol 48 No 1 |
- NORTH AFRICA
In Morocco King Mohammed VI has begun his fifth decade working to bridge the yawning gap between rich and poor that threatens to upset the social order – and to successfully resolve the Western Sahara dispute...
The Moroccan political system has matured considerably under Mohammed VI – emphasised by a wide-ranging truth and reconciliation process intended to draw a line under the excesses of the late King Hassan II...
Nevertheless Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stayed safely at home as did half of the invited heads of state including Morocco's King Mohamed VI Tunisian President Zine el Abidine ben Ali and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah ibn Abdel Aziz al Saud...
Vol 47 No 1 |
- NORTH AFRICA
King Mohammed VI ('M-6') is working with arguably his most efficient government ever increasingly successful in key sectors such as housing (AC Vol 46 No 8)...
Under King Mohamed VI power in Morocco has become more fluid leaving open prospects for an increased role for different Islamist and politically secular players...
President Bouteflika a former foreign minister and skilled networker has ensured a high turnout at the summit including his neighbour and rival Morocco's King Mohammed VI as well as Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak who is not a huge Bouteflika fan...
Only King Mohammed VI of Morocco a traditional friend of the Gnassingbé clan said his country would recognise the new President...
Vol 46 No 1 |
- NORTH AFRICA
There is increasing criticism of King Mohammed VI's failure to deliver on promises of higher living standards...
Mbeki had warned King Mohammed VI of the move in August in a private letter not circulated even to senior Moroccan officials...
Dakar has close diplomatic and business relations with Morocco whose King Mohammed VI was due to visit on 25 June and would like to emulate Morocco's success at exporting business and security know-how...
Both the USAand France back King Mohammed VI and dislike the idea of an independent Saharan Arab Democratic Republic...
Mohammed VI is lobbying too with a mid-Junevisit to Benin Cameroon Gabon Niger and Senegal...