Posted on Monday, 30 July 2018 10:30By Jon Marks in Casablanca and Honoré BandaCan the Moroccan commercial capital make it as a continental leader? “The boycott shows the extent to which people are disillusioned with the elite who are supposed to be driving the economy ahead,” comments a civil society activist who cut his teeth with the Mouvement du 20 Février protests in 2011. “Casablanca hums with commerce and finance. It may seem at peace with itself, and has more buildings rising all the time as it continues to grow. But millions of poorer Casawis live in difficult conditions.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 30, 2018 09:46 UTC