Prudence is always welcome, and we have sound pragmatic reasons for managing our relations with African nations with tact. The proclamation went out anyway, communication technology being what it is.

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 confirmed ...

Israel’s response to Kabylia must take regional dynamics into account, particularly Morocco, with which Israel enjoys a special and growing relationship. Morocco does not officially support Kabylia’s ...

NEXT to religion, language provokes the most extreme passions in Algeria. When, on July 5th, a law came into force making Arabic the only language allowed in public life, fury exploded in the ...

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington. Frankie Martin, an Ibn Khaldun Chair Research Fellow at American University's School ...

Algerian singer Hamid Cheriet, better known as Idir, a major interpreter of Berber music, died in Paris last week at 70. Though not a political activist, he and his music were identified with efforts ...

The wave of protests that started almost two months ago in Algeria's Berber-speaking region of Kabylia has spread to towns elsewhere in the country. Riots over poor social conditions have been ...

This essay examines the proliferation of practices of conspiracy theorizing among Algerian citizens and expatriates in light of the current civil war that since 1992 has resulted in 100,000 deaths and ...

Washington, DC — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has announced his decision to make Berber a national language, finally yielding to months of pressure and protest by Kabylie pressure groups.