A Moroccan taxi driver waits for customers in Casablanca on January 6, 2017. In Casablanca taxis are at war with Uber, demanding the government take action against the American company. / AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA
CASABLANCA, Morocco: As their smartphone screens lit up with ride requests last month, Uber drivers in the Moroccan city of Casablanca must have thought that business was booming.
Instead, they found themselves surrounded by irate local taxi drivers, who forced them from their vehicles and handed them over to the police, the latest in a string of protests in the kingdom against the controversial travel app.
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