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Morocco In The News – July 8, 2011

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According to Reuters (07/07), there have been riots in Khouribga province, Morocco’s phosphate-mining central area. Protesters demand jobs at OCP, phosphate monopoly. AMDH human rights group stated that “the riots started after OCP issued a list of few hundreds of beneficiaries of jobs which disappointed youths from the region as there had been more than 30,000 applicants.” OCP responded to the protests by providing 5,800 more jobs immediately and a paid training to an additional 15,000 Moroccans.

 

BBC Radio (07/04) released a radio program on Western Sahara which explores why tens of thousands of Saharawi people are still living in refugee camps, 20 years after they thought they would be returning to their homeland Western Sahara, often called the ‘last colony in Africa’.

 

Morocco Tomorrow

MAP (07/08) – La chaîne US Fox News souligne “les grandes avancées du Maroc” (in French)

 

Politics

07/08

Reuters (07/08) – Poll boost may be short-lived for Morocco king

The National (07/08) – Arab Spring bad for region’s economies says UN report

Al Arabiya News (07/08) – Martin Jay: Morocco’s youth movement, Feb 20, will inevitably splinter, but will this mean leaving Morocco’s banned extremist party holding the megaphone?

Le Matin (07/08) – Démocratisation du Maroc, La nouvelle Constitution, pas important (in French)

Le Matin (07/08) – Réformes révolutionnaires, S.M. le Roi a ouvert la voie avec determination (in French)

Marianne2 (07/08) – Maroc: sous le consensus royal, la contestation continue (in French)

The Daily Star (07/08) – Liberalization in Morocco falls short

Weekly Citizen (07/08) – Marine supports exercise in Morocco

DP News (07/08) – The aftermath of the Arab Spring

Radio Free Europe (07/08) – On God And Government In The Middle East

MB.com (07/08) – Morocco’s king sets an example

07/07

Reuters (07/07) – New riots in Moroccan phosphate region over jobs

The Economist (07/07) – Morocco’s Referendum: a very small step

CNN (07/07) – U.S. helps tech-savvy Mideastern women experience Silicon Valley

Yahoo & Forbes (07/07) – Why Is Obama’s State Department Uneasy About Democracy?

Yahoo (07/07) – Nouvelles manifestations au Maroc pour réclamer des employs (in French)

ABNA (07/07) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launches TechGirls for young Muslims

The Independent (07/07) – Senior moment in Morocco!

Daily Alert (07/07) – Morocco’s King Makes Quiet Reforms

MAP (07/07) – Morocco’s constitutional reform, further step towards consolidating pluralist democracy – Euro Parliament

MAP (07/07) – Japan-Morocco Parliamentary League welcomes results of constitutional referendum

Bjulrich (07/07) – Berber Recognition in Morocco

Live Leak (07/07) – Turkey, Morocco,Israel included in Washington terror watch list by mistake

Maghreb Blog (07/07) – The Feb. 20 Movement’s Struggle for Relevance

CNTV (07/07) – S.Korea welcomes Moroccan constitutional reform

Le Matin (07/06) – Accord liant Maroc-Pérou, Promouvoir la protection des biens culturels (in French)

Carnegie Endowment (07/06) – Morocco: Reforming the Constitution, Fragmenting Identities

The Sahara

BBC Radio (07/04) – Africa Perspective – Western Sahara

Business

MAP (07/07) – France funds Morocco’s solar plan with €100.3m

MAP (07/07) – Morocco, France sign MoU to promote investments

Culture/Sports

The Chronicle (07/08) – Supervisor-sailor back from practice invasion in Morocco

MENA Region

Gulf News (07/08) – Major challenges facing Arabs

Khaleej Times (07/08) – The rule of law still rules women out

 

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