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Paul Myers

How football mega tournaments became a lightning rod for Morocco protesters

Mainly young demonstrators have been on the streets of towns and cities in Morocco calling on the government to spend as lavishly on schools and hospitals as it does on stadiums for the 2030 World Cup. © AFP - ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT

Two years on from Morocco's selection as one of the co-hosts for the 2030 football World Cup, the government's multi-billion-euro investment in the tournament has become a rallying cry for protesters now leading their second weekend of demonstrations to demand better public services.

Rallied by online collectives including GenZ 212 and Morocco Youth Voices, thousands of mainly young Moroccans took to the streets in a dozen towns and cities last weekend waving placards and shouting slogans including: "Stadiums are here, but where are the hospitals?"

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