"Saudi prince's palace in Morocco faces protests over non-payment for work" 4 September 2025

Moroccan workers and companies have staged a sit-in in front of a Saudi prince's palace in the coastal city of Tangier to condemn non-payment for their work by the Saudi Arabian company overseeing the project...

The workers are demanding more than 12 million dirhams ($1,319,280) for works carried out inside the palace, including repairs and maintenance, mosaics and marble work, as well as landscaping...
The protest on Monday was organised after a series of fruitless exchanges with the company, which is accused of delaying its financial commitments...the palaces were completed in 2023...Local companies had taken on initial costs for which they have not been reimbursed, creating a knock-on effect for local workers and suppliers...
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