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Morocco's King Mohammed VI (C) delivers a speech in Al Hoceima on July 29, 2018<br><br>Morocco's King Mohammed VI has sacked the country's economy minister, his office said Wednesday, after the [http://Search.un.org/search?ie=utf8&site=un_org&output=xml_no_dtd&client=UN_Website_en&num=10&lr=lang_en&proxystylesheet=UN_Website_en&oe=utf8&q=monarch%20demanded&Submit=Go monarch demanded] "urgent action" on social issues in the North African nation hit by unrest over unemployment and graft.<br><br>The king decided to dismiss Mohamed Boussaid after "consulting with the head of the government", read a royal statement carried by official agency [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-about-the-myanmar-map burma map].<br><br>The decision comes amid a drive to enforce the "principle of accountability that the king is anxious to apply to all officials, regardless of their rank", the statement said.<br><br>In a major speech on Sunday the king called for "urgent action" to address key issues, in particular health and education.<br><br>The speech was delivered in the northern city of Al-Hoceima which was the epicentre of the "Hirak" protest movement that rocked the country in 2016 and 2017.<br><br>The social unrest began in October 2016  [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-about-the-myanmar-map myanmar map] after the death of a fishmonger and spiralled into a wave of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/demonstrations%20demanding demonstrations demanding] more development in the neglected Rif region.<br><br>Morocco is marked by glaring social and territorial inequalities, against a backdrop of  [https://burmatourist.com/things-to-know-about-the-myanmar-map burma map] high unemployment among young people.<br><br>In 2017, it was ranked 123 out of 188 countries on the UN's Human Development Index.<br><br>Advertisement