Amazighs demand language, cultural and voting rights
Jun 26 Nigel Ash

Amazighs demand language, cultural and voting rights

By Ahmed ElumamiTripoli, 26 June 2013:A group of Amazigh protested on Wednesday in front of the General National Congress, demanding it endorse Amazig...

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Nuri Ali Abu Sahmain elected Congress President
Jun 25 Michel Cousins

Nuri Ali Abu Sahmain elected Congress President

By Ahmed Elumami and Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 25 June 2013:Nuri Ali Abu Sahmain has been elected President of Libya’s General National Congress. He suc...

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Apr 26 Michel Cousins

Tamazight-language teachers graduate

Tripoli, 26 April 2013:A group of Tamazight-language teachers graduated yesterday in Yefren, in the Nafusa mountains. They will teach the language of...

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Make Amazigh language official says Magarief
Jan 12 Michel Cousins

Make Amazigh language official says Magarief

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli, 12 January 2013:The president of the General National Congress, Mohamed Magarief, has said that the Amazigh language, Tamaz...

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Amazigh assert their cultural identity at Jadu festival as Magarief expresses support for constitutional recognition of Berber language
Nov 11 George Grant

Amazigh assert their cultural identity at Jadu festival as Magarief expresses support for constitutional recognition of Berber language

By Valerie Stocker.Jadu, 11 November:Tafsout is Tamazight for “spring”. Not a reference to the so-called Arab Spring, for once, but to the Berber trad...

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Nov 5 Michel Cousins

Berbers can no longer be suppressed in Libya

By Terry FrielTripoli:For decades, they were not just suppressed in Libya, their very existence was denied.They were tortured, jailed or killed for sp...

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Demonstration for Amazigh rights
Sep 6 Nihal Zaroug

Demonstration for Amazigh rights

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, 6 September:A protest at Tripoli's Palm City complex, which houses the United Nations offices in the city, was organized on 5...

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Mar 8 Michel Cousins

Libyan woman given US prestigious award

Tripoli, 8 March:Libyan Architect Hana El-Hebshi is one of the ten winners US State Department 2012 International Women of Courage Award.Ms. El-Hebshi...

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