Article: A critical year for the kingdom.

MOROCCO

A critical year for the kingdom

MOROCCO ended 1991 in better condition that at the start of the year. There were dividends from King Hassan's decision to side with long-standing GCC and Western allies during the Gulf conflict -- in the face of Maghrebi popular opinion which mobilised behind Iraqi President Saddam Hussain. Economic restructuring continued, with the balance of payments being brought under control and foreign reserves recovering.

Hassan both allowed unprecedented peace deomonstrations in Rabat -- which involved Islamist radicals as well as the kingdom's traditional secular opposition -- and kept control on opponents outside ...

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