Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Some 2,000 jobless Moroccans have marched through the capital demanding the government sort out the nation's unemployment.
Like the rest of North Africa, youth unemployment, especially among university graduates, is a persistent social woe that successive governments have been unable to tackle. Official statistics show that some 30 percent of those under 34 are unemployed.
Participants in the march demanded that the government respect their right to work by giving them public sector jobs.
Many of the protesters also denounced the government practice of insisting on exams to determine the skill level of job applicants.
The Islamist-led government has been under increasing pressure over a faltering economy and efforts to cut expensive fuel subsidies.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
