His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Pope of the Catholic Church

00120 Vatican City State

Paris, 26.02.2976 – 10.03.2026

Most Holy Father,

We have learned that you will be visiting Algeria next April for an official visit.

Algeria: Justice for the Larva-Nat-Iraten Detainees

The Criminal Court of the Dar El-Beïda court, near Algiers, will re-examine the cases of the so-called Larva-Nat-Iraten detainees on March 1, 2026.

Yennayer 2976 – 2026

On this first day of the Amazigh year 2976-2026, the Congrès Mondial Amazigh / Amazigh World Congress's first thought is for all those unjustly imprisoned due to pure anti-Amazigh racism. We are thinking particularly of the hundreds of Kabyles, At-Mzab, and Chwis in Algeria, and Rifians in Morocco, all arbitrarily detained. We also stand in solidarity with the victims of the abominable massacres committed by the Malian army and the mercenaries of Afrika Corps in Azawad.

Algeria: Repression Targets Kabyle people

On December 30, 2025, Algerian gendarmerie officers brutally arrested Kabyle journalist and writer Allas Di Tlelli at his home in the village of Ait-Buaddu, in Kabylia. His home was searched, and his computer and other personal belongings were seized. After a week in police custody, he was placed in pretrial detention.

Contempt for the Amazigh people is evident at the highest levels of the algerian state

Mohamed Lamine Belghit, a history teacher in Algeria, declared on May 1, 2025, on Sky News Arabia, that “Amazigh culture does not exist” and that it is a "Franco-Zionist creation".

 The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism and Racial Discrimination has severely criticized the Tunisian government and called on it to recognize the Amazigh people of Tunisia as an indigenous people of that country

116th session (17/11 – 5/12/2025 

(CERD/C/TUN/CO/20-22)

It is with immense sadness that we learned of the death of our brother Antonio Félix Martin Hormiga, the first President of the Congrès Mondial Amazigh / Amazigh World Congress, in the Island of Lanzarote. The Board and the Federal Council of the CMA express their deepest condolences to his family and friends. They assure them of their profound sympathy and fraternal support during this difficult time.

Algeria, let's not forget the Amazigh political prisoners

Sentenced to five years in prison for expressing his opinions, writer Boualem Sansal was released on November 12, 2025, after serving one year.

The new Federal Council of the CMA holds its first meeting

The Federal Council (FC) of the Congrès Mondial Amazigh/Amazigh World Congress (CMA), established at the 9th CMA congress held from October 24 to 26, 2025, in Mugadir, Essaouira, Morocco, met online on November 5, 2025.

Representatives from various regions of Tamazgha and the Amazigh diaspora, meeting from October 24 to 26, 2025, in Mugadir (Essaouira, Morocco), for the 9th congress of the Congrès Mondial Amazigh / Amazigh World Congress (CMA), analyzed the prevailing situations in the different countries and drew the following conclusions:

Closing of the 9th general congress of the CMA in Mugadir, Morocco 

After three days of conscientious work, the 9th CMA congress has just ended in Tassurt-Mugadir, Essaouira, Morocco.

UN-EMRIP country engagement in Kabylia and Libya

On the sidelines of the 18th session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), which took place from July 14 to 18, 2025, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, a CMA delegation was received on July 14, 2025, by Ms. Anexa Brendalee Alfred CUNNINGHAM, Chairperson, and Binota Moy DHAMAI and Ojot Miru OJULU, expert members of the EMRIP.

Active participation of the CMA in the 18th session of Emrip

As planned, a large delegation from the Congrès Mondial Amazigh / Amazigh World Congress (CMA) actively participated in the 18th session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP), which took place from July 14 to 18, 2025, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The roots of anti-Amazigh hatred deeply anchored in Algeria

On May 1, 2025, Mohamed Lamine Belghit, a history teacher in Algeria, declared on Sky News Arabia that “Amazigh culture does not exist” and that it is a “Franco-Zionist creation”.

A large-scale popular march to celebrate Tafsut Imazighen—the Amazigh Spring—was scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in the streets of Rabat, Morocco. Early in the morning, thousands of Amazigh women and men of all ages converged on the march's starting point, carrying Amazigh flags and banners bearing their demands.

The Amazigh World Congress will participate in the 24th session

 of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The Amazigh World Congress (CMA) will participate in the 24th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which will take place from April 21 to May 2, 2025, at UN Headquarters in New York. The main theme of this session is "the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within States and the United Nations system."

XLV°  Tafust Imazighen

45th Amazigh Spring

Tafsut Imazighen – the Amazigh Spring – is one of the most significant moments in the long struggle of the Amazighs to restore their historic rights in their country.

Preparations for the CMA Congress in Amur-n-Yakuc (Marrakech, Morocco)

The Federal Council (FC) of the Amazigh World Congress (CMA) met remotely in its regular session on March 24, 2025. It reviewed the two main items on the agenda: the status of preparations for the next CMA Congress and current issues.

The CMA and AIPN representative appointed as co-chair of the steering committee of the intrnational Decade of Indigenous languages

As a representative of the Congrès Mondial Amazigh / Amazigh World Congress and the African Indigenous Peoples Network (AIPN), Belkacem Lounes was appointed on March 11, 2025, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, as co-chair of the Steering Committee of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL), alongside three other co-chairs: Anabel Benjamin Bara (indigenous representative from India), Professor Wiseman Magwa (representative of the Government of Zimbabwe), and Paul Pelletier (Deputy Minister of the Government of Canada).

Libya: unacceptable hateful provocation against the Amazighs

A video posted on social media on February 20, 2025, clearly shows police officers and individuals spreading an Amazigh flag on the roadway, inviting motorists to drive over it. This happened in the Al-Andalus neighbourhood of Tripoli, which is heavily populated by Amazighs.

Morocco: The exclusion of the Amazigh language continues

in defiance of national and international law

During the recent visit of the French Head of State to Morocco, the Moroccan and French Ministers of National Education signed an agreement on "strengthening the teaching of the Arabic language" to Moroccan nationals in France.

Kamira Nait-Sid, co-president of the Amazigh World Congress (CMA), was released today from Koléa prison in Algeria, after more than three long years of arbitrary detention.

All members of the Amazigh World Congress are very happy about the end of the ordeal unjustly inflicted on Kamira and her family, especially her mother. The members of the CMA salute the bravery, courage and spirit of resistance of Kamira who emerged unscathed from this heavy ordeal. We express to her once again all our support and our fraternity.

The CMA salutes and warmly thanks all the individuals and organizations that mobilized for his release, including Frontline Defenders, IWGIA, Amnesty International, Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders, Régions et Peuples Solidaires (RPS), Riposte Internationale, African Indigenous Peoples Network, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Union des Femmes Kabyles, Association AFK-13, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, members of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and many other personalities and associations.