[Morocco] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Student protesters in Beni Mellal, Morocco staged sit-ins for a third consecutive day on April 9, 2025, denouncing Israeli actions in Palestine and Morocco's normalization agreement with Israel. The protests were organized by engineering student groups and supported by citizens including members of Al Adl Wal Ihsan.

Supply-chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. The protests appear localized to Beni Mellal in the Beni Mellal-Khenifra region, with no immediate disruption to major trade routes or production facilities reported.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of protests to major economic centers like Casablanca or Rabat that could affect port operations or industrial activity
• Track whether demonstrations spread to areas near phosphate mining regions, given Morocco's role as a leading global phosphate producer