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Fatima Zahra Mansouri has been chosen as Morocco's first female prime minister. Is her appointment a kind of symbolism, to show Morocco in a positive light? Or could Mansouri bring genuine changes for Moroccan women?
The king of Morocco on Tuesday named Marrakesh mayor Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri the country's first woman prime minister after her centre-right Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) party won last week's parliamentary elections. El Mansouri joined the PAM in 2008 and was also the first woman to serve as mayor of Marrakesh, winning the office in 2009 before losing it six years later, then retaking it again in 2021.
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named Marrakesh’s long-time mayor as the country’s first female prime minister.
Protests across Morocco highlight gap between public opposition to normalisation and Rabat’s closer ties with Israel.
The appointment of Fatima Zahra Mansouri comes after her center-right party won last week's parliamentary elections in Morocco. She had previously served as mayor of the city of Marrakesh.
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri becomes the second woman to serve as prime minister in the Arab world.
Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.
Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives, according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry on Friday. The party, founded by a royal adviser close to King Mohammed VI and known by its French acronym PAM, fell short of an absolute majority and will need to negotiate with other parties to form a governing coalition.
The next government will steer Morocco's 2030 World Cup preparations amid public frustration over local economy.
PAM leads as the PJD quadruples its seats and turnout hits its second-lowest level under King Mohammed VI.
PAM is part of Morocco's outgoing ruling coalition and was founded by an adviser to the king. The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party surged amid increasing voter apathy.
Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) took 97 out of 395 seats in parliament, as turnout falls to 38 percent.
Young voters are being courted with football slogans, promises of jobs and anti-Israel rallying calls.
With just a day to go before legislative elections on September 23, young Moroccans are torn between hope and scepticism ahead of the crucial vote. Nearly 16 million Moroccans are set to elect their representatives to the National Assembly in the country’s first legislative elections since the Gen Z protests which swept through Morocco almost a year ago.
Young candidates hope the election can turn youth frustration into political participation.
Football has been dragged into growing tensions over the influx of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish enclave Ceuta.
After its 2021 defeat, the party with an Islamic reference is rebuilding under Abdelilah Benkirane. Can it regain trust?
At least 10,000 of the 72,000 migrants who broke through fence from Morocco in July remain in the Spanish enclave.
Spanish police in Ceuta on Friday morning started moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of the Spanish enclave to a new tented area. Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco in late July.
