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Libya: Amazighs demand language be recognized in constitution

Libya: Amazighs demand language be recognized in constitution

An ethnic group in Libya is fighting for official recognition of their language which was banned during the 40-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi.

The interim Constitutional Declaration continues to ignore the Amazigh language seven years after the killing of Gaddafi.

Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Yifrin, Libya.

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