2025 Moroccan Gen Z protests

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A series of youth-led demonstrations took place in Morocco between 27 September and 18 October 2025. Organized by decentralized, anonymous collectives known as GenZ 212 and Moroccan Youth Voice (Arabic: صوت شباب المغرب, romanized: ṣawt šabāb al-Maḡrib), the protests demanded significant improvements to public education and healthcare, while criticizing government focus on international sporting events like the 2030 FIFA World Cup and the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. They were the largest protests since the 2011–2012 Moroccan protests. Following the protests, the Moroccan government implemented a set of reforms intended to enhance political participation and improve social services, these reforms were already part of a multi-year government fiscal and budgetary reforms and the protests coincided with a routine Council of Ministers that approved the latter measures. Among the political measures were bills aimed at encouraging citizens under the age of 35 to engage in political life, including...

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