Kabylie had been preparing to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the April 1980 uprising, known as the “Berber Spring”, demanding recognition of the community’s culture and language. When the “Black Spring” broke out in 2001, Sadi’s RCD was a member of the governing coalition. In the spring of 2002, a movement of tribal leaders achieved the withdrawal of the majority of gendarmerie brigades from Kabylie. And Bouteflika in 2017 decreed that Yennayer, the Berber New Year, would be a holiday in Algeria “to strengthen national unity”. AFPThe Berber Spring

Source: The North Africa Journal April 18, 2021 17:26 UTC