Moroccans vote on Wednesday in the first parliamentary election since the youth-led protests that filled the country’s streets in late 2025, with 7,288 candidates from 27 parties competing for the 395 seats in the House of Representatives, according to Africanews and Al Jazeera. Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), elected in 2021, is trying to hold on to office. The Gen Z 212 movement, named after the country’s dialling code, began on Discord after eight women died at a public maternity hospital in Agadir and went on to demand that the budget go to hospitals and schools, criticising the stadiums built for the 2030 World Cup; Akhannouch’s resignation never came, and the government responded with higher health and education spending and incentives for young candidates, according to Middle East Eye and The Washington Institute. People aged 18 to 24 are about 12 percent of the population but only 4 percent of the country’s 15.8 million registered voters, according to Africanews. In July, about 72,000 Moroccans crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, according to Middle East Eye; Rabat denies organising the crossings.
21 Sep · 21:35
A three-judge panel of the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that Missouri should use its Republican-drawn, Trump-backed congressional map in November, ordering the lower court judge to issue a permanent injunction against any other map, according to the Associated Press (AP) and The Guardian. Reverting to the previous districts for the general election would violate the Constitution, the judges said. The ruling has no immediate effect: the panel delayed its own order for a week to allow an appeal, and opponents said they will file an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, which has twice blocked the map. Absentee ballots for military and overseas voters have already gone out under the older districts, and state law requires mail ballots to be available to all other voters by Tuesday. The case is part of the mid-decade redistricting wave Trump pushed in roughly a dozen states ahead of November’s elections.