Special to WorldTribune.com Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) dominated elections in the country’s largest cities on Sept. 4, expanding its power four years after running on a platform of major fiscal reform. The PJD came to power in 2011 in the wake of “Arab Spring” protests which forced King Mohammed VI to devolve […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Morocco’s King Mohammed has restored direct control over his Cabinet, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy determined that Mohammed removed Islamists and returned his supporters in the new Cabinet. In a report, the institute asserted that the Oct. 10 Cabinet reshuffle represented the king’s intent to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco’s new Islamist parliament wants to reduce the authority of King Mohammed. Parliament has introduced legislation that would strip some of the powers of the king. The bill called for the transfer of some of the king’s authority to Morocco’s new Islamist prime minister, Abdelilah Benkirane. “In this country, even […]