The 52-year-old was a doctor by profession and fought for the rights of Algeria's minority Berber community. He had lived in Ghardaia, 480km (300 miles) south of the capital, Algiers, where has ...
Instead, the boy's death sparked the "Black Spring" riots, as people took to the streets of villages and towns to demand the closure of all gendarmerie posts in the region.
Also known by the derogatory term Berber, Amazigh are descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa and constitute one-fourth of the population of Algeria, many of whom live in the ...