30-07-2017 17:39 via yahoo.com

Morocco's king pardons some protesters, lambasts officials

By Samia ErrazzoukiRABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI has pardoned dozens of people arrested in recent protests in a northern region and blamed the failure of local officials to quickly implement development projects for stoking public anger.It was his first public address since the start of protests in October over injustice, corruption and underdevelopment following the death of Mouhcine Fikri, a fishmonger crushed in a garbage truck retrieving stock confiscated by police.Fikri's dea
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