Young people in Morocco split over whether politics can deliver change as election draws near
- SIDI MOUSSA EL MAJDOUB, Morocco -- A funeral in rural Morocco for an elderly woman became an unlikely campaign stop for candidates trying to motivate disenchanted young voters ahead of parliamentary elections Wednesday.
- Moroccan young people’s struggles to find jobs and opportunity drove Gen Z-led protests last year and a surge of migration to Spain’s Ceuta this summer.
- Candidates like Yassine Moujane see youth concerns as central to the campaign for Wednesday’s vote.
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- SIDI MOUSSA EL MAJDOUB, Morocco -- A funeral in rural Morocco for an elderly woman became an unlikely campaign stop for candidates trying to motivate disenchanted young voters ahead of parliamentary elections Wednesday.
- Moroccan young people’s struggles to find jobs and opportunity drove Gen Z-led protests last year and a surge of migration to Spain’s Ceuta this summer.
- Candidates like Yassine Moujane see youth concerns as central to the campaign for Wednesday’s vote.
Sources: ABC News