22 döms till fängelse: Bar berbernas flagga i Algeriet

Denna artikel behandlar folkslaget. För de berbiska språken, se berberspråk, för staden, se Berber, Sudan. Berber är en benämning på ursprungsbefolkningen i Nordafrika. Denna beräknas idag utgöra 20 till 50 miljoner människor, varav den lägre siffran står för dem som talar de omkring trettio olika berberspråken, en gren av de afroasiatiska språken. Berberna är uppdelade i många etniska grupper huvudsakligen bosatta i Marocko (rifberber, berbiska: Imazighen eller Irifyen), Algeriet (kabyler, chaouia, mozabite), Tunisien (även på Djerba), Libyen (nordväst) och Sahara (tuareger). De flesta berbiska folkgrupper behöll sitt självstyre fram till 1100-talet, trots 500 års arabiskt styre i nordvästra Afrika. Idag är dock de flesta berber arabiserade och endast en minoritet har fortfarande berberspråk som modersmål.

The 2019 Algerian protests, also called Revolution of Smiles or Hirak Movement, began on 16 February 2019, ten days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement. These protests, without precedent since the Algerian Civil War, have been peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's immediate resignation, which took place on 2 April 2019. By early May, a significant number of power-brokers close to the deposed administration, including the former president's younger brother Saïd, had been arrested.The rising tensions within the Algerian regime can be traced back to the beginning of Bouteflika's rule which has been characterized by the state's monopoly on natural resources revenues used to finance the government's clientelist system and ensure its stability. The major demonstrations have taken place in the largest urban centers of the country throughout the months of February, March and April 2019. Due to their significant scale, the protests have attracted international media coverage and provoked reactions from several heads of states and scholarly figures.