Local elections held on Thursday, October 10 sparked a fresh wave of confrontation between angry Amazigh protestors and government security forces in the Kabylie region. While a number of Amazigh groups moved to enforce a boycott of the voting in Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia, setting up barricardes and confiscating ballots, one Amazigh political party, the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), broke with precedent by putting up its own candidates and denouncing the boycott.See Spotlight Article
