Berbers in Algeria's north-east rioted in 2001, complaining of discrimination by the government. At least 100 people died and thousands were hurt in a series of clashes between security forces and ...

There comes a time when the people have had enough. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the "velvet revolution" in Prague. And now Algeria. Could it be that the citizens of a country that should be as ...

It also created the “Algerian academy for the Amazighe (Berber) language”, which is responsible for promoting Tamazight “in view of cementing, in the future, its official language status”.

Since the Algerian government announced, on January 5, that the new constitution would recognise Berber (Tamazight) as an official language, the North African press has been abuzz with speculation ...

Since the Algerian government announced, on January 5, that the new constitution would recognise Berber (Tamazight) as an official language, the North African press has been abuzz with speculation ...

The Algerian Government has agreed to include the language of the country's Berber minority, Tamazight, in its educational system. This fulfils one of the demands of Berbers who staged violent ...

Yennayer is celebrated in Algeria and elsewhere in the North African region, including in Morocco, Tunisia and Libya. Berber community, more known as Imazighen (free man), are celebrating Yennayer as ...

PARIS (AP) — Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died in Paris. He was 70. Saturday’s death of the singer, whose real name was Hamid Cheriet, was co… ...

On 27 December, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced, at the Council of Ministers, his decision to establish Yennayer, the first month of the Berber year, as a bank holiday, as of 12 ...

Algeria has translated the Koran into the Berber language, Tamazight, for the first time, to promote Islam among a community that has long campaigned for more language and cultural rights, an ...