A recent study published in peer-reviewed scientific journal Genome Biology has revealed that Amazigh and Arabs in North Africa possess distinct genetic origins, diverging over 20,000 years ago.
One young Libyan Amazigh community activist, who was swept up in the demonstrations, tells his personal story to The Africa Report. In 2010, when the Arab spring had begun in neighbouring Tunisia, ...
The Amazigh are the indigenous people of North ... Getty Images He was also mourned in neighbouring South Africa, where a wax model of him was unveiled by the radical Economic Freedom Fighters ...