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Four million more children are expected to receive Amazigh language lessons between now and the end of the decade.
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The move came after Morocco's envoy to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, expressed support for self-determination for Algeria's traditionally restless Kabylie region, a stronghold of the country's Amazigh (Berber) minority.
Amazigh tribal elders had been held, to build a militia brigade made up of members of the minority group.
An Algerian court has acquitted a man who was arrested for flying the Berber flag during recent demonstrations, local media reported on Wednesday.
An Algerian court has demanded a 10 year prison sentence for a protester who flew the Berber flag during recent protests, according to his lawyer.
Comment: The Algerian regime is resorting to divide and rule tactics to try and crack a strong, collective and visible show of opposition, writes Malia Bouattia.
Moroccan lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill that confirms the Berber language's official status, eight years after it was preliminarily recognised in a new constitution.
Salim Yezza had previously denounced 'Islamo-Arab violence' against the Berber ethnic minority in his home province of Ghardaia.
An Algerian member of parliament has come under fire after she attacked the language of the country's Berber minority in comments that have been widely condemned as racist.
Riot police responded to numerous incidents of violence on the anniversary of the death of a prominent Berber nationalist, in scenes reminiscent of those following the death of Mohsen Fikri.