RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan King Mohammed VI is replacing Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and will ask another member of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) to form a government after ...

After his party's success at parliamentary polls, Islamist moderate Abdelilah Benkirane (pictured) has become Morocco’s new prime minister. A look at the leader’s decades-old quest for power.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Abdelilah Benkirane, Morocco’s popular Islamist prime minister, is well aware who is in charge of the country.

The Moroccan prime minster answered criticism from the opposition on his first months in office. Can the Moroccan government deliver on its promises? That was the central query from opposition ...

Sacked by the king in 2017 and subsequently ousted by the PJD party's leadership, Benkirane is shunning elections for the first time in 24 years - but is it a strategic play? ‘Benkirane did not choose ...

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI today tasked Abdelilah Benkirane to keep his post as prime minister and form a new government after his Islamist party won last week’s parliamentary elections, the royal ...

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Monday tasked Abdelilah Benkirane to keep his post as prime minister and form a new government, after his Islamist party won last week's parliamentary elections, the ...

Morocco’s new prime minister has displayed his allegiance to the country’s ruling monarchy, raising questions about how he will push through a reform agenda. Moderate Islamist leader Abdelilah ...

The leader of the Justice and Development Party is looking to fill the gap caused by the exit of the Istiqlal party from the coalition government. However, fresh elections remain a possibility ...

RABAT: Morocco's main Islamist party, the Justice and Development Party (PJD) which had been in government for a decade before September elections, chose Abdelilah Benkirane as its new leader on ...

The appointment of Morocco's new prime minister is meeting mixed reactions among members of the public. King Mohammed VI on Tuesday (November 29th) appointed Morocco's first-ever Islamist prime ...

What main reforms should be put in place in 2014 to further reduce the public deficit? ABDELILAH BENKIRANE: The government has made it a key priority to reduce the fiscal deficit in a sustainable ...