Young Moroccan protesters have taken to the streets again in the hope of persuading King Mohammed VI to fire Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and deliver long-promised reforms to ailing public services.

The leaderless Gen Z 212 collective staged anticorruption protests in Tangiers, Casablanca and in the capital, Rabat, on Thursday in a final display of strength before the king’s address to parliament scheduled for later on Friday.

“We no longer have confidence in the government. We’re waiting for the king to talk to us, he has to save his people,” Raghd, a 23-year-old engineer who did not want to give his last name, told the AFP news agency at a protest in the capital, Rabat.

The protests erupted last month after eight pregnant women died at a hospital in Agadir and have targeted issues

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