Berber communities in Algeria are calling on the government to allocate state funding to promote and preserve their indigenous language, a demand that has prompted several protests in the country’s ...

Algiers — The effective establishment of the Algerian Academy of the Tamazight Language with the appointment of its president and its members constitutes a new asset for the promotion of the ...

Algiers — Minister of Communication Hamid Grine said Sunday that Tamazight language receives the State's logistic support as it is a national and official language. "Since it is a national and ...

A man waves the Amazigh flag at the funeral of one of the fathers of Algeria's struggle for independence [AFP] Since the Algerian government announced, on January 5, that the new constitution would ...

12 September 2012 The Moroccan government promises to make Tamazight classes more accessible to pupils. While Morocco's revised constitution granted an official status to the Tamazight language ...

Talks between the Algerian government and Berber leaders have collapsed due to a disagreement over the status of their Tamazight language. The talks broke down over the Berbers' demand that Tamazight ...

ALGIERS, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Tamazight-speaking community in Algeria were celebrating in joy their new year known as Yennayer after the government has finally recognized it as a public holiday.

Asmaa Sarah, 19, who hails from the Amazigh ethnic group, was crowned Miss Amazigh 2014 in the Moroccan city of Agadir on Friday. The Amazighs are a group of people who inhabit the area extending from ...