Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie

The Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie (MAK; Kabyle: Amussu i ufraniman n tmurt n iqbayliyen; French: Mouvement pour l’autodétermination de la Kabylie), previously until 3 October 2013 the Movement for the autonomy of Kabylie (Kabyle: Afraniman i Tmurt n Yeqbayliyen; French: Mouvement pour l'autonomie de la Kabylie); is a nationalist movement Kabyle political organization seeking self-governing rule for the province of Kabylie in Algeria. It was founded by the Kabyle Berberist singer Ferhat Mehenni, now president of the Provisional Government of Kabylie in exile, after the "Black Spring" disturbances in 2001.

Movement for Self-Determination of Kabylie
  • French: Mouvement pour l’autodétermination de la Kabylie
  • Kabyle: Amussu i ufraniman n tmurt n iqbayliyen
LeaderFerhat Mehenni
Founded30 June 2001
HeadquartersFrance
Ideology
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Since 2021, the MAK has been classified as a terrorist organisation in Algeria after the arrests of MAK members planning car bombs.[2][3] The founder of MAK, Mehenni, is arrested by the French authorities and placed in police custody in 2021 as part of an investigation into organised money laundering in relation to sports betting.[4]

In 2011, a close associate of Ferhat Mehenni and a former senior member of the organisation, Idir Djouder, accused the MAK of receiving funds from Morocco (250,000 euros per month) and criticised its management methods. Idir Djouder uses the term "dictator", he describes his "government" and the content of the meetings as formal with decisions taken "elsewhere".[5]

On August 26, 2021, Algeria issued an international arrest warrant for Ferhat Mehenni[6]

MAK claims to speak for the Kabyle people, who express frustration due to the efforts of the Algerian government to assimilate the remaining Berber ethnic group minorities into the Arabized Berber and Arab majority. The immediate goal of MAK is regional self-determination for the province of Kabylie, which, according to Mehenni, could be the "first step towards a Kabyle, Berber State".

See also

References
  1. "Algeria arrests members of MAK separatist group after attacks". Reuters. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. "L'Algérie classe Rachad et le MAK comme organisations terroristes". TSA (in French). 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. Ouamar, Mohand. "Hirak, Rachad, le MAK, les frontières... Tebboune se livre" (in French). Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. "Algérie : pourquoi Ferhat Mehenni, chef du MAK, a été entendu par la police française – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  5. "Soutien financier secret du Maroc à Ferhat mehenni". Djazairess. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  6. L’Algérie lance un mandat d’arrêt contre le chef du MAK, Ferhat Mehenni
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