Major US and international media outlets write about Morocco’s Islamists and their preparation for participation in the November 25th parliamentary elections. With Islamists on the doorstep to power in Tunisia, it is now Morocco’s turn to go to the polls in elections that despite the low turnout expected, will likely bring religion closer to government. Unlike votes in Tunisia and Egypt, which served as climatic final acts in revolutions that surprised the world, the November 25th polling day in Morocco is expected to be a subdued affair.
On the business side, Morocco, the world’s biggest holder of phosphate reserves, expects a gap between global supply and demand to remain tight, supporting prices of the rock and its derivatives through 2012. Phosphates and by-products such as DAP and MAP fertilizers are Morocco’s biggest export earners. “Prices of phosphates and derivatives are supported by the persistence in the short-term of tight balance between supply and demand worldwide,” the finance and economy ministry said in a note on Wednesday, 11/02.
Politics
The National (11/03) – Morocco needs a new social contract to promote stability
The Daily Star (11/03) – Moroccan Islamists await their turn ahead of elections
Al Arabiya (11/03) – Moroccan Islamists await their turn ahead of elections
The New Age (11/03) – Moroccan Islamists await their turn ahead of elections
Insurance News Net (11/02) – Committee Against Torture Begins Examination of Report of Morocco
Fox News (11/01) – Algeria: Neighbors Cooperating on Kidnap Probe
Economy/Business
Reuters (11/03) – Morocco sees phosphate prices steady through 2012
Reuters (11/03) – European Coalition Selects Morocco for Massive Solar Plant
MENA FN (11/03) – Delphi Expands Assembly Operations in Morocco
Yale Environment 360 (11/02) – Morocco for Massive Solar Plant
The Guardian (11/02) – Morocco to host first solar farm in €400bn renewables network
Solar Millennium AG (11/02) – Solar Millennium AG : Dii press release: Desert Energy – A Mighty Stimulus for Economic Development
Spectrum ieee (11/02) – Desertec Taps Morocco For First Piece of Sahara Solar Development
Reuters (11/02) – UPDATE 1-Morocco GDP growth to ease in Q3 – planners
Venture Capital for Africa (11/02) – Morocco is the African Country of the Future – fDi Magazine
Insurance News net.com (11/02) – Research and Markets: Morocco Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q4 2011
Reuters (11/01) – Morocco ups prices for local sugar beet, cane
Market Watch (11/01) – Tactical Communications Group Awarded Contract to Deliver a Multi-Link Ground Support System to Royal Moroccan Air Force (“RMAF”)
Clean Technica (11/01) – Desertec (HUGE Solar & Clean Energy Project) Moving Forward
Sponsor Wire (11/01) – Winds of Change in Morocco’s Energy Market (AfDB)
Sponsor Wire (10/31) – Africa Nears Agreement On Continental Infrastructure Plan With Accord in Morocco (AfDB)
Society/Culture
Daily Post (11/03) – North Wales climber Ben Wintringham dies in Morocco fall
MENA Region
DaijiWorld.com (11/03) – From Gaddafi’s Unknown Grave Hidden Volcanoes may Erupt
Reuters (11/02) – Thales to tap African growth to boost sales
Morning Star (11/02) – Arab spring comes to EU
The Christian Science Monitor (11/02) – Freedom may be messy, but it beats despotism
The National Interest (11/02) – The Delusion of an Arab World
