Morocco In the News – July 13, 2011
Politics New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/world/africa/13briefs-Morocco.html?_r=1> (07/13) - Morocco: Calls for Election Inquiry...
Morocco and France urge EU to help small firms
Morocco and France issued a joint appeal in Rabat on Tuesday to the European Union to set up "a plan for (industrial) innovation and small and medium-sized firms in the Mediterranean". The appeal was launched at a joint press conference by French Industry Minister...
Moroccan rights group seeks probe into reform referendum
By Souhail Karam RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's main independent human rights group demanded a judicial investigation into what it said were serious violations that affected the outcome of a July 1 referendum on constitutional reforms. King Mohammed is expected to hand...
After the King's Speech — Constitutional Reform and the Outlook for Change in Morocco
On July 11, the German Marshall Fund’s Washington DC office hosted a conversation on political reform in Morocco in Washington DC, which focused primarily on the new Moroccan Constitution - as recently approved by popular referendum on July 1 2011. The discussion was...
Moroccan Rights Group Protests Vote
Morocco's primary human rights group has called for a judicial investigation into what it says were serious abuses in the July 1 Constitutional Referendum. The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) has says that the use of religious and political figures and...
Morocco: Police Violence a Test for Revised Constitution
Rabat- The constitutional revisions approved in the July 1, 2011 referendum can significantly advance Moroccans' rights, but only if authorities use these new constitutional principles to reform repressive laws and practices, Human Rights Watch said today. Among the...
Kosmos To Drill Additional Well, Enters Morocco
Jubilee oil partner, Kosmos Energy says it will drill an additional well as part of its 2011 exploration campaign on West Cape Three Points Block. A statement issued by the company said it has secured additional rig capacity on the “Transocean Marianas”...
Morocco profile
BBC News - Paris-based Reporters Without Borders notes that "religion, the king and the monarchy in general, the country and territorial integrity cannot be questioned." The Press Law provides for prison terms for errant journalists. The government owns, or has a...
All Hail the (Democratic) King
Rabat, Morocco - It isn’t news anymore when an Arab ruler facing mass protests pledges sweeping reforms. But Morocco’s July 1 constitutional referendum may be the most significant development in the Arab world all summer. For the first time since the Arab Spring...
Results of Moroccan Reform Vote More Complicated Than the Numbers
Writing as a foreign observer of the July 1 Referendum, Tom Stevenson of the Huffington Post says the impact of the Moroccan reforms are much harder to assess than the numbers would indicate. He questions the likelihood of 98.5% of the Moroccan people agreeing on a...