Monday, July 1, 2024 at 6:31 p.m.
Sidi Ifni – The commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the recovery of Sidi Ifni is an opportunity to recall a key episode in the history of the national resistance for freedom and independence, said the High Commissioner for former resistance fighters and former members of the liberation army, Mustafa El Ktiri.
Mr. El Ktiri, who was speaking at a meeting organized on Monday in Sidi Ifni, stressed that this anniversary allows to highlight the deep meanings of the battles led by the tribes of Ait Baamrane and Sidi Ifni, who wrote luminous pages in the register of the national struggle for the freedom and independence of Morocco and the defense of its religious and national constants.
He recalled, on this occasion, the effective involvement of the Ait Baamrane tribes in the victorious launch of the activities of the liberation army in the southern provinces of the Kingdom for the completion of independence and the liberation of the Sahara from foreign occupation, as well as their contribution to the uprising of November 23, 1957 against the Spanish colonial presence.
He added that 55 years after the recovery of the city of Sidi Ifni, the process of development and construction continues under the enlightened leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, able to achieve further progress in the southern provinces of the Kingdom.
At this meeting, seven former resistance fighters and former members of the region’s liberation army were honored in recognition of the great sacrifices they made for the liberation of their country from colonialism.
Financial aid was also distributed to former resistance fighters and their widows, at a total cost of 136,000 dirhams.
Mr. El Ktiri then visited the Space of Historical Memory of Resistance and Liberation in Sidi Ifni.
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