Tag: Abdelilah Benkirane

Saad Eddine El Othmani to Lead Negotiations to End Post-Electoral Deadlock

March 17, 2017

King Mohammed VI appointed Saad Eddine El Othmani, President of the national council of the Party for Justice and Development, Head of Government in place ... Read More

Benkirane to Unveil Cabinet, or Acknowledge Failure Soon

February 21, 2017

Leader of Morocco’s Justice and Development Party (PJD) Abdelilah Benkirane, entrusted by the king to name a new cabinet following his party’s win the October ... Read More

Morocco, ‘Budding Success’ in region- The Economist

January 28, 2017

The Economist magazine described Morocco as a “budding success” in the region thanks to the political and economic reforms it has taken on the backdrop ... Read More

King Urges Benkirane to Continue Negotiations to Form Coalition Government

January 24, 2017

After a deadlock in forming a new government that lasted more than three months, Royal Advisor Fouad Ali El Himma visited Abdelilah Benkirane to tell ... Read More

Parliament Clears the Way for Morocco’s Return to AU

January 18, 2017

The Moroccan House of representatives unanimously adopted the constitutive act of the African Union clearing the way for the Kingdom’s return to the African Union. ... Read More

Election of Parliament Speaker Complicates Benkirane’s Bid to Form Coalition

January 17, 2017

Leftist MP Habib El Malki of the USFP party was elected Monday Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament amid fears that such a decision ... Read More

King Mohammed VI to attend AU summit

January 13, 2017

King Mohammed VI will travel to Addis Ababa to attend the African Union summit on January 30 to make the case for Morocco’s strong determination ... Read More

Moroccan Government Formation, Back to Square One

January 9, 2017

Stalemate is the word that describes the best the sterile negotiations over government formation in Morocco. Three months after the Islamist Justice and Development Party ... Read More

Morocco-Mauritania: Benkirane Heads to Nouakchott to Put off Fire Set by Istiqlal Party

December 27, 2016

Moroccan Premier is expected in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott Tuesday in a move to reiterate Morocco’s full respect of Mauritanian territorial integrity after the verbal ... Read More

King Mohammed VI Urges Benkirane to form Government

December 24, 2016

Two senior Advisors to King Mohammed VI met Abdelilah Benkirane at the headquarters of the Head of the Government’s office where they expressed the concern ... Read More