A leaderless collective called Gen Z 212 — named after Morocco’s dialing code — is the engine behind the protests. Members debate strategy on Discord, a chat app popular with gamers and teens. The core group has about 180,000 members, but spinoffs have also sprouted, organizing demonstrations in towns independently.

Morocco's 2026 budget will allocate 140 billion dirhams ($15 billion) to health and education, up 16% from last year, the royal palace said in a statement on Sunday. Improving health and education services was a key demand by youth protesters who demonstrated across Morocco in recent weeks.

Morocco’s Gen Z-led protests have drawn inspiration from similar movements in nations like Nepal. After eight women died giving birth in a public hospital in Agadir, a coastal city 296 miles (477 kilometers) from the capital Rabat, they set off a wave of fury that then spread nationwide.

The package of reforms are aimed at encouraging young people to enter politics and improving public education and healthcare, following weeks of youth-led protests over inequality and corruption.

Young protesters in Morocco have called for new anti-government demonstrations in ten cities on Saturday to press for jobs, an end to corruption and better public services. Calls last month by the same youth group named GenZ 212 had sparked the most significant unrest in Morocco in over a decade, with nearly two weeks of nationwide protests.

Morocco is reportedly set to bring back one of African football’s biggest nights – the CAF Awards 2025 – and it will be the fourth year.

As Morocco considers scrapping its youth quota system in elected bodies, the move has reignited debate over whether the mechanism served as a genuine path for youth empowerment or merely perpetuated political patronage.