AZDINE, morocco — One of Said Lakenizaa’s two remaining cows fell sick and died last year as he led it down the steep dirt track from his village in the Atlas mountains to the rest of the world. It ...

"History has been confiscated, has been falsified, has been modified during colonialism, or even after.... And therefore, people sometimes lose their landmarks." Nabil Boudraa For most Americans, New ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) — The Berbers are descendants of pre-Arab populations across North Africa, from the extreme west of Egypt to the countries of the Maghreb. The Berbers, who refer to themselves ...

AZDINE, Morocco – One of Said Lakenizaa's two remaining cows fell sick and died last year as he led it down the steep dirt track from his village in Morocco's Atlas mountains to the rest of the world.

For Moroccan Berbers, the king's recent constitutional rewrite is all rhetoric. Literally. Driven to reform by protests earlier this year that were inspired by the fall of the Tunisian and Egyptian ...

Police used armored cars and barriers to block thousands of Berber protesters from entering Algeria’s capital Wednesday, preventing a demonstration against the military-backed government. Only a ...

They call themselves Amazigh, the proud raiders. But most people know them as Berbers. For millennia, the Berbers of North Africa fought against Roman, Arab and French invaders. And, despite a history ...

Protests are growing in Morocco over the authorities' policy of Arabisation. More than 60% of Moroccans claim to be Berbers - the original inhabitants of North Africa. But four years ago, the ...

A HISTORY teacher in a Casablanca secondary school would appear an unlikely threat to North African Muslim orthodoxy. Yet Johadi Lhoucine is putting the finishing touches to a project liable to shake ...

Berbers in North Africa are heralding in the Amazigh New Year, with festivities showcasing traditional food, music and dance planned throughout the region. Friday marks the first day of the year 2968 ...

"They belong to a powerful, formidable, brave and numerous people; a true people like so many others the world has seen - like the Arabs, the Persians, the Greeks and the Romans. The men who belong to ...

The Berbers in Algeria have said they will boycott the presidential poll set for 8 April. Spokesman Belaid Abrika told the BBC that the Berbers would also launch a campaign to disrupt the elections in ...