Morocco, Gen Z and Protests
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The ongoing demonstrations in Morocco, sparked by Gen Z’s fury at rampant corruption and elite unaccountability, have seen widespread demands from the Moroccan people for the dismissal of the current government to ease the growing tensions that have swept the country for the past week.
Anti-government unrest in Morocco filled the streets for a fifth straight night, as protests over the state of public services descended into deadly violence and destruction
Scores of people were arrested Sunday in Morocco during a second consecutive day of scattered protests called by a group seeking educational and public health reforms, according to a local rights group and AFP journalists.
Youth-led demonstrators demanding better schools and hospitals flooded the streets of Morocco this week, undeterred by fears of further clashes after multiple people were killed by police.
As Morocco's Gen Z takes to the streets, King Mohammed VI no longer has a political force capable of offering an 'alternative solution,' says researcher Thierry Desrues in an interview with Le Monde.
Young people across Morocco have taken to the streets to protest the shortcomings of the country’s health and education systems. A violent government crackdown has left at least three people dead. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Moroccan journalist Aboubakr Jamaï about the developing story.
Forget the roar of the stadium crowds; the defiant voice of Morocco's youth now resonates loudest across the nation.
Hundreds of people have been arrested and injured, with buildings ransacked and cars torched since the protests began on Saturday. Though crowds have not been huge in numbers, the increasingly violent protests have brought the worst street unrest in Morocco since mass demonstrations in the Rif region in 2016-2017.