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Morocco Arrests Leader of Northern Protest Movement

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Authorities in Morocco on Monday arrested the fugitive leader of a protest movement that has shaken the country’s northern Rif region for months, officials said. A government source and another official from the interior ministry said Nasser Zefzafi, who had been on the run since Friday, had been taken into custody. Further details of his … Read more

Third Night of Protests In Northern Morocco

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Protesters have rallied for a third night running in Morocco’s city of Al-Hoceima, in a northern region of the country where there has been growing social unrest. An AFP journalist saw several hundred mainly young demonstrators gathered in two neighbourhoods of the city on Sunday night, chanting “The state is corrupt!” and “Dignity!”. They also … Read more