The friendship between France and Morocco has been experiencing turmoil for several months now. The unofficial reason would be France’s reluctance to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, unlike Spain.
The Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports has just announced its plan to generalize the teaching of the Amazigh language in all primary schools by the 2029-2030 school year.
The Amazigh New Year will now be an official public holiday in Morocco, according to a decision just made by King Mohammed VI.
The Barid Al-Maghrib Group intends to integrate the Amazigh language into its services. In this sense, it has signed a partnership agreement with the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM).
In a podcast, the Amazigh academic and activist Ahmed Assid spoke on several topics, including the repression of dissident voices in Morocco, freedom of expression or secularism.
Parliamentarians unanimously adopted a bill on the Moroccan Nationality Code, which involves knowledge of the Amazigh language as a criterion for obtaining nationality.
While she is the target of verbal attacks from a Salafist preacher, the icon of Amazigh art, Fatima Tabaamrant, former RNI deputy, has just received the support of Aziz Akhannouch’s party.
The House of Representatives has just adopted a bill on the Moroccan Nationality Code . This new law sets the conditions that any person wishing to obtain citizenship must meet.
The government of Aziz Akhannouch is taking major steps towards the officialization of Amazigh, but considerable efforts remain to be made for the language to regain its rightful place.
Some 45 Moroccan and diaspora NGOs are asking King Mohammed VI to declare "Yennayer" or Amazigh New Year’s Day, celebrated on January 13 each year, a public holiday.
The granting of Moroccan nationality could soon be conditional on mastering Tamazight. This is the wish of the Istiqlal group in the House of Representatives, which has submitted a bill to this effect.
The Moroccan authorities officially launched the procedures that will allow the integration of Amazigh into public administrations on Tuesday. The ceremony was chaired by Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch.