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Well, as luck would have it, a job has now turned up . The title is "coordinator of social and popular committees" which sounds modest but it gives Saif al-Islam "authority to oversee the parliament, government and security" – in effect making him the second most powerful person in the land. Colonel Gadafy is the longest-surviving Arab leader, having come to power in a military coup in 1969. He is now 67 and obviously preparing for a smooth transfer. Constitutionally, Libya has no head of state and Saif al-Islam’s new post is the closest thing to it.
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Life in Morocco is very hard. There is no light here, no light Several gleaming new machines hum in the background as she explains how the scheme helped her to develop her business plan and convinced the bank to lend her money. But he said one of the main problems - with consequences stretching far beyond moukawalati - is that Morocco's school system is out of sync with today's job market. But as Mr Hafid points out, the state can only hope to create 15,000 new jobs a year, while in good times the private sector can produce up to 300,000. There is a serious concern that young people here are an easy prey for extremists
BBC NEWS | Africa | Moroccan graduates face bleak prospects
Is Morocco a model for the Muslim world? | GlobalPost
RABAT, Morocco — In the lottery of arranged marriage, winners and losers sometimes take years to reveal themselves. But one soft-spoken woman seated in a Casablanca women’s shelter said her fortunes were apparent from the start. Soon after her 2003 wedding, her husband made a regular practice of abusing her, said the woman, 27, who asked for safety reasons to go only by her initials, S.H.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Helping Morocco's outcast single mother
The centre has a creche so babies are looked after as the mothers work The non-governmental organisation found her a place to live, a small and simply-furnished room with few adornments round the corner from the centre it runs. Single mothers are now more aware of their rights, they know the father should accept his child, but to make him get married is another issue After a stay of up to three years, they leave, but armed with a new skill which will hopefully allow them to earn money to support their children.Rabat, 12 June Ibadi and others at the meeting were arrested by police and charged with organising a public event without the necessary permits, the newspaper said. Police raided the home on Wednesday and the women were detained for six hours and interrogated before they were released. It was not clear whether the group had convened to discuss administrative elections being held in Morocco on Friday. The outlawed group is not allowed to participate in elections.
Morocco: Women arrested at outlawed Islamist group meeting - Adn
