Algeria commemorates the launch of the war of independence

01 November, 2010

ALGIERS - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gathered on Monday morning in Algiers at the shrine of the martyrs of the liberation war triggered exactly 56 years ago against France, officials said.

After greeting a detachment of the Republican Guard, the president laid a wreath of flowers at the monument and recited a prayer in memory of mujahideen who fell for the country’s independence in 1962.

The president was surrounded by the country's top leaders and military, according to APS.

Everywhere in Algeria on Sunday evening and Monday, ceremonies were held in memory of Martyrs of the colonial presence in Algeria from 1830 to 1962.

Source: Ennahar.
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