Overview

• Demonstrations organized online by GenZ 212 have spread across multiple cities, with some rallies authorized and others devolving into arson, looting and clashes with security forces.
• Morocco’s Interior Ministry reports 409 people detained and 263 security personnel injured, with banks, shops, administrative buildings and hundreds of vehicles damaged in more than a dozen locations.
• Police opened fire in Leqliaa near Agadir during an alleged attempt to storm a station, with state media reporting two deaths and other outlets later citing three, as rights groups press for independent scrutiny.
• GenZ 212 disavows violence and now calls for the government’s dismissal and the release of detainees, as the movement’s Discord membership has surged past 130,000.
• Protesters decry failing schools and hospitals and contrast them with spending for the Africa Cup of Nations and the 2030 World Cup, with recent maternal deaths in an Agadir hospital galvanizing anger while officials pledge restraint, prosecutions and talks.