Twenty-two Algerian demonstrators were handed one-year jail sentences Tuesday for "undermining national unity" by bearing the Berber minority's flag during anti-regime protests, a prisoners' rights ...

Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died. By Associated Press Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died in Paris.

The Kabyles number about 10 million. They are Berbers descended from the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa. Converted to Islam by the 9th century, the Berbers now make up about a third of Algeria’s ...

According to historical records, they are believed to have inhabited this region for at least 10,000BC. The region makes up modern-day countries like Morocco, Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia. Berbers can ...

Thousands rioted in Algeria's northern Kabylie region 20 years ago this week, in what became known as the "Black Spring" -- a symbolic chapter in the long fight for Berber rights. The Barron's news ...