Morocco's King Mohammed VI cleverly side-stepped an Arab Spring uprising by offering partial government reform that broadened political representation. If Africa's last absolute monarch of a significant country hoped these reforms would be a permanent barrier against democracy, popular dissatisfaction expressed on the streets provided a glimpse of reality.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI cleverly side-stepped an Arab Spring uprising by offering partial government reform that broadened political representation. If Africa's last absolute monarch of a significant country hoped these reforms would be a permanent barrier against democracy, popular dissatisfaction expressed on the streets provided a glimpse of reality.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI cleverly side-stepped an Arab Spring uprising by offering partial government reform that broadened political representation. If Africa's last absolute monarch of a significant country hoped these reforms would be a permanent barrier against democracy, popular dissatisfaction expressed on the streets provided a glimpse of reality.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI cleverly side-stepped an Arab Spring uprising by offering partial government reform that broadened political representation. If Africa's last absolute monarch of a significant country hoped these reforms would be a permanent barrier against democracy, popular dissatisfaction expressed on the streets provided a glimpse of reality.