Obari, Libya "Why are the people in the north getting petroleum when you are living over it and getting nothing?" said Hisham Hamadi. The plump, energetic lawyer was addressing a conference of ...

The Amazigh calendar places them almost a thousand years ahead of much of the rest of the world.

JADU, Libya (Reuters) - After playing a central role in the revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, members of Libya's long-oppressed Berber minority, known among themselves as Amazigh, thought they had ...

This series examines the countries today from the perspective of our correspondents on the ground to see how the post-revolutionary countries have come full circle to their autocratic ways. The seeds ...

TRIPOLI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Members of Libya's Amazigh, or Berber, minority, whose language Muammar Gaddafi suppressed, demanded on Monday the country's new rulers recognise them and their tongue in ...

Many Libyan Berbers view language revival as the first step towards getting their due in a new national compact. Getting there will take lots of help. The revolution will not be subtitled. Since the ...

For decades under Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s Amazigh people were oppressed, with their language and traditions banned.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [APP/NurPhoto via Getty Images] Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976. They ...