The Moroccan earthquake catastrophe is not primarily a natural but a social disaster, caused by the inability of the capitalist system to deliver earthquake-resistant housing and emergency services to the working population.
On Friday evening, September 8, at 11:11 p.m. local time, a devastating earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck southern Morocco, near Marrakech.
The Moroccan king returned from a visit to France to Rabat, where he displayed his crisis management on TV, but he is still expected in Marrakech and senior officials are keeping a low profile.
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The fighting in Western Sahara, which broke out again in November 2020, remains of low intensity. Yet outside powers would be wrong to assume that it will not escalate. With U.S. support, the new UN envoy should pursue confidence-building measures that could facilitate negotiations.