Demonstrators lift banners during a youth-led protest demanding reforms to public healthcare and education in Casablanca, Morocco, on Oct. 6, 2025.
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Moroccans' Socioeconomic Grievances Will Persist, Even if Current Gen Z Protests Abate

Oct 8, 2025 | 20:20 GMT

The government will likely make some, mostly symbolic, concessions to the youth-led protest movement, which already appears to be weakening, but ongoing grievances related to economic inequality will sustain the risk of future mass protests.

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