Morocco’s Gen Z protests over corruption and inequality signal a rising regional unrest driven by a digitally empowered, disillusioned youth.

In a twist laden with irony, Morocco’s former higher-education minister Abdellatif Miraoui has re-emerged not in government but at the lectern of a French university, only weeks after leaving office.

Two weeks of public unrest over failing health and social services boiled over in Agadir on Sunday, September 14, 2025, putting Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch’s administration under intense scrutiny.

A mounting health crisis and growing public anger have gripped Agadir, a city in central Morocco, as residents took to the streets to protest what they described as “catastrophic” and even “deadly” healthcare services.

A wave of controversy has swept Morocco after Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch was seen spending his summer in Sardinia, at a time when the kingdom is grappling with a deteriorating economy marked by soaring prices and high unemployment.