Campaign for Constitution Enters Final Day
By Michael Mainville (AFP) – 10 hours ago RABAT — Morocco entered the final day of campaigning Thursday for a referendum on curbing the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world. Faced...
BBC Primer on Moroccan Reform
Q&A: Morocco's referendum on reform ] Moroccans vote on Friday 1 July in a referendum on constitutional reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI. After pro-reform protests broke out across Morocco on 20 February - echoing those in Tunisia and Egypt, the country's...
L’exception marocaine procède de la “la légitimité séculaire de la monarchie” (Rencontre à Washington)
Washington, 28/06/11- L'exception marocaine procède de "la légitimité séculaire de la monarchie", ainsi que du pluralisme qui a, de tout temps, caractérisé la société marocaine, ont souligné, mardi, les participants à une rencontre à Washington sur le "Printemps...
Immigrants Gather at a Starbucks in Northern Virginia For a Taste of Home
Immigrants gather at a Starbucks in Northern Virginia for a taste of home - The Washington Post. A Starbucks in a Washington, DC suburb has become a political and social gathering place for Moroccan immigrants living in the nation's capital.
Reforms Continue to Spark Debate in Morocco
Morocco News | Morocco | King Mohammed VI | Moroccan protests | Middle East Protests | Morocco Constitution. The proposed reforms in Morocco continue to spark debate throughout Morocco. Perhaps what distinguishes the debate in Morocco from developments in other parts...
Comment: Doubts remain over Morocco – FT.com
Comment: Doubts remain over Morocco - FT.com. Financial Times columnist Roula Khalaf writes that doubts remain about true Moroccan reform. The determining factor will be King Mohammed VI's true motivations. He writes: Whether the constitutional proposals will prove an...
Video: Coverage of Moroccan Demonstrations
Coverage of the past weekend's demonstrations across Morocco, both for and against the Constitutional Referendum. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwHlMmx4mc]
Morocco – A Shining Star
Council of Foreign Relations fellow Joel Hirst calls Morroco a "shining star of the Arab Spring" in the Huffington Post. He points out that while critics do make fair points, "the Moroccan constitutional reforms appear to be genuine. Morocco seems to be traveling...
US Defense Department Requests Sale of Military Radar to Morocco
The U.S. Department of Defense has requested that Congress approve the sale of military radar equipment to Morocco. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency says: The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United...
Morocco in the News – June 27, 2011
Weekly Standard (07/04) – The King’s Speech Newsweek (06/26) – An Unlikely Martyr Ennahar Online (06/26) - Nine Quintals of Moroccan Drugs Seized on the East-West Highway The National (06/26) – Arabic editorial on the new proposal for a constitution in Morocco Reuters...