Morocco’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has headed a coalition government since Arab Spring-inspired protests five years ago, has won parliamentary elections, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane’s PJD secured 125 seats against 102 for its main rival, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, which ...
Moroccans went to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament, five years after an Islamist-led government took office following Arab Spring-inspired protests that toppled regimes across the region. The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) aims to fight off the liberal opposition Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), which ...
