[Morocco] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. Students organized a peaceful protest sit-in in Meknes, Morocco on April 7, 2025, as part of a nationwide strike denouncing Israeli actions in Gaza and Morocco's normalization agreement with Israel. The demonstration was reportedly coordinated by UNEM (National Union of Students of Morocco) and coincided with an International Day in support of Palestine.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates or spreads to economically significant areas of Morocco.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of student protests to major Moroccan economic centers like Casablanca or Rabat, which could affect broader commercial activity
• Track whether demonstrations spread beyond university campuses to involve labor unions or other sectors that could disrupt operations