MADRID (AFP) - (AFP) - The new head of a 43-nation Mediterranean union said Tuesday he will support Arab Spring reforms while insisting the West can no longer dictate terms for democracy.
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which has struggled since its birth in 2008 to deal with tensions in the Middle East, now faces upheaval in its Arab member states.
"In 2008 the situation was tota [...]
RABAT (AFP) - (AFP) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI won praise from Europe and the United States Saturday after voters massively endorsed reforms offered in a bid to quiet protests inspired by uprisings in the Arab world.
More than 98 percent of voters backed a new constitution curbing the king's powers that was put to a referendum on Friday, preliminary results showed, with voter turn [...]
RABAT (AFP) - (AFP) - Moroccans voted Friday in a referendum on curbing the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms following protests inspired by pro-democracy uprisings around the Arab world.
Faced with demonstrations modelled on those that ousted long-serving leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, Mohammed VI announced the referendum last month to devolve some of [...]
RABAT (AFP) - (AFP) - Moroccan authorities pushed for a "yes" vote Thursday on the eve of a referendum on curbing the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms in the wake of uprisings in the Arab world.
"Morrocans tomorrow have a date with history," L'Opinion, the newspaper of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's conservative Istiqlal party, wrote in a front-page [...]
RABAT (AFP) - (AFP) - Morocco's youth-based February 20 Movement has called for nationwide protests on Sunday after rejecting constitutional reforms proposed by King Mohammed VI.
The king outlined curbs to his wide political powers in an address to the nation on Friday, pledging to build a constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliament.
The proposals come in the wake of natio [...]
RABAT (AFP) - (AFP) - Moroccan King Mohammed VI outlined curbs to his wide political powers in proposed constitutional reforms Friday and pledged to build a constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliament.
The proposals will be put to a referendum on July 1, the king said. They devolve many of the king's powers to the prime minister and parliament.
The proposals come in the wa [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - Jordanian and Moroccan bids to join the Gulf Cooperation Council could help buttress oil-rich monarchies against Arab uprisings and prove financially beneficial to the new members, analysts say.
"Gulf countries feel the need to have their own network to protect their interests and security," Mohammad Masri, a researcher at the University of Jordan Centre for Strategic [...]
RABAT (AFP) - Moroccan authorities on Tuesday arrested three more suspects for involvement in last month's bombing at a cafe in a Marrakesh tourist spot that killed 17 people, mostly foreigners, a security source said.
"These three persons were only aware of the attack plan but were not actively involved in its execution," added the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The [...]
MARRAKESH, Morocco (AFP) - Thousand of demonstrators staged a new protest in Marrakesh Sunday to denounce last month's bomb attack here and to call for democratic reforms as the best way to combat violence.
The marchers made their way from the city centre to Djemaa El Fna square, where 17 people, including 13 foreigners, died in the April 28 bombing of the Argana cafe, a popular tou [...]
MARRAKESH, Morocco (AFP) - Experts from the United States and Europe have joined the probe into the deadly bombing at a Marrakesh tourist cafe that left 16 dead, Morocco's interior ministry said on Saturday.
Some 14 people injured in the blast remained in hospital, four in serious condition, a hospital source said, while seven others have now be released.
Several hundred police and [...]
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