The Rif region refers to the Rif Mountains on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. Most of the terrain in this region is mountainous, with only a few narrow valleys that are habitable or usable for ...

The unrest in the Rif is based in their tumultuous history as a battered people on Morocco’s northern periphery. Understanding their history, the people of the Rif need to be treated with ...

FILE - In this Thursday, May 18, 2017 file photo, Moroccan leader activist Nasser Zefzafi addresses supporters during a protest in al-Hoceima, in the northern Rif region, Morocco. Since October ...

Tens of thousands of people marched yesterday in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, in solidarity with strikes and clashes in the Rif region that have led to protests in cities across the country.

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 ...

The rumble of discontent in the bleak, brown Rif mountains of northern Morocco (TIME, Dec. 22) grew so loud that King Mohammed V and his politicians in Rabat could no longer ignore it. Last week ...

In 1921, a small group of Amazigh fighters in Morocco crushed a large Spanish colonial army, paving the way for the establishment of the “Republic of the Rif”. Here is the story of the Rif ...

Human rights defenders issued a joint call Thursday for Morocco to release protesters in Al-Hoceima, a northern city shaken by seven months of demonstrations against the marginalisation of their ...