The demonstrations that have swept through northern Africa and ousted long-time strongmen are not yet over. Protesters in Sudan, Algeria, Libya and Mali are continuing to call for democratic reforms.

This area that was hardest hit is home to the Amazigh, the indigenous people of North Africa. It's where Amazigh scholar Brahim el Guabli is from.

The Census Bureau's announcement about its race and ethnicity questions disappoints advocates who for years have been pushing for a check box for people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.

The mtDNA data presented here suggest that the ancestral population in CA [Central Africa] that eventually gave rise to modern-day AGR [Bantu Agricultural] and PHG [Pygmy Hunter-Gather] populations, ...