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Protests by Moroccan youth calling for sweeping reforms in Morocco’s public healthcare and education sectors entered their seventh consecutive day on Friday, with demonstrations reported in Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, and Tangier, according to AFP correspondents and local media.
In the capital, Rabat, dozens of demonstrators gathered in front of parliament, holding placards bearing messages such as, “Our voices will not be silenced.” Protesters also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, whose term ends next year.
The growing wave of discontent has been driven by frustration over deepening social inequality, particularly after reports last month that eight pregnant women died at a public hospital in Agadir.
Despite some incidents of vandalism and clashes earlier in the week, demonstrations on Thursday and Friday remained largely peaceful. GenZ 212 reiterated its call for calm, urging participants to remain “entirely peaceful and reject any form of violence, rioting, or destruction of public and private property.” The group also encouraged protesters to wear black “as a sign of mourning for the injured and the dead” following the deaths of three people on Wednesday. Authorities said the three were killed while attempting to storm a police station near Agadir.
Among the demonstrators was 20-year-old Yasser, who joined the protest in Rabat “against corruption and for reform of education and hospitals,” saying he faced difficulties at university “because the level of education I received in high school was not good.”
Earlier on Friday, GenZ 212 published an open message to King Mohammed VI calling for the dismissal of the government, but later clarified that the post had not been released in its “final” form.
Reacting to the unrest, the European Union issued a statement on Friday recognising “the importance of youth participation in public life” and urged “all parties involved to keep calm.”
