RABAT: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and health care was a priority, but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging nationwide protests for sweeping social reforms. “We have set as priorities... the creation of jobs for young people, and the concrete improvement of the education and health sectors,” the monarch said in his annual address to the opening session of parliament. The royal speech had been much anticipated by the protesters, who have taken to the streets almost every night since September 27.

Youth want King Mohammed to take lead in tackling corruption after near-nightly protests that have seen three killed.

El rey elude en su discurso las movilizaciones más amplias en dos décadas y reclama que “no haya contradicción” entre proyectos como el Mundial de Fútbol y la sanidad, la…

RABAT: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Friday said improving public education and health care was a priority, but made no reference to the youth movement that has been staging…