Morocco protests

AL- HOCEIMA: Police fired tear gas and used truncheons to scatter hundreds of protesters in northern Morocco, part of the biggest wave of demonstrations in the kingdom since Arab Spring-inspired rallies in 2011.

People have taken to the streets in the Rif region around the city of Al-Hoceima since October over injustice, corruption and underdevelopment and thousands gathered to try to join in rallies that local authorities had banned.

Police charged at small groups of protesters, including men, women and children.