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This report was originally published on November 29, 2019. In Morocco, despite profound social change, inheritance law, governed by the Moudawana, which was reformed in 2004, remains rooted in the Maliki (Madhhab) school of Islamic jurisprudence. The opening verses of Surah An-Nisa continue to serve as the legal foundation for inheritance in Morocco.

Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch announced on Thursday that Morocco will return to its legal time, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), at the end of the summer, ending the permanent GMT+1 system introduced in 2018. Par The issue has been the subject of sustained public debate for years, with many Moroccans criticizing GMT+1 for disrupting daily life, particularly during winter when children often travel to school before sunrise.

Morocco, which mined antimony, extracted from stibnite ore, during the colonial era, is now re-engaging with the sector. In early June, the Canadian company Steadright Critical Minerals  announced that it had acquired a majority stake in a Moroccan firm specializing in antimony exploration. Around the same time, the British company Xtract Resources secured a mining license for the Amghas mine, which it had pursued for nearly a year.