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Protesters raise the flag of the Rif Republic (left) and the pan-Berber tricoleur (right) at a demonstration in the northern town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco, June 1, 2017. (Reuters / Youssef Boudlal ...
As part of its efforts to undermine Moroccos territorial integrity, Algeria hosted a meeting of the «Rif National Party» today, Saturday, and incited the invitation of guests from South Africa ...
He had successfully united the population under the banner of the Rif republic he had proclaimed in 1923. This was not only an anticolonial project, but it also contested the authority of the Makhzen.
RABAT, Morocco — Anti-government protests in Morocco’s impoverished northern Rif mountains are spreading after a second village clashed with police resulting in serious injuries and 10 arrests ...
In 1921, when Morocco was colonized by France and Spain, the legendary rebel leader Abd el-Krim installed a republic in the region after defeating the Spanish army. Although the Rif Republic was ...
Morocco is marking a year since a fisherman's gruesome death spawned a social protest movement against police abuse -- an event that has drawn comparisons to the 2010 death of a Tunisian vendor ...
AL-HOCEIMA, Morocco (AFP) — Authorities in Morocco on Monday arrested the fugitive leader of a protest movement that has shaken the country’s northern Rif region for months.
Instead, the monarchy collaborated with the colonial powers in their war on the Rif. (Its successors have used similar aggression against the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic in the western Sahara.