May 45 : 20,000 people in Setif in the “Loyalty march”

More than 20,000 have taken part Friday in Setif province (300-km east of Algiers) in the "loyalty march," to commemorate the massacres of 8 May 1945.

They followed exactly the same itinerary as that famous peaceful procession that was cruelly repressed by the colonial forces, 64 years ago. Minister of Moudjahidines (war veterans) Mohamed-Cherif Abbas, Setif’s local authorities, secretaries general of national organizations of Moudjahidines, children of Chouhada (martyrs), preceded by a group of young scouts, who were walking in front of the impressive procession.