MALI RENAMES COLONIAL FRENCH STREET NAMES. (PHOTO).

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 Mali renames colonial French street names Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names, AFP reported. Streets bearing the names of members of France's colonial administration have been rebaptised in Bamako, according to a decree by the junta chief. Cedeao Avenue (the French acronym for the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS) is also now named after a new strategic confederation that Mali has formed with Burkina Faso and Niger – the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). In all, nearly 25 names have been replaced, among them boulevards, streets, squares and public establishments. Niger and Burkina Faso have already made several changes to street and monument names in the last two years. In October, Niger renamed several historic sites in its capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France. Mali has been ruled by the military since back-to-back coups ...

RWANDA CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF EBOLA-LIKE MARBURG VIRUS. (PHOTO).


 Rwanda confirms first cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus


Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that can cause death, among some patients, the country's health ministry said on Friday, Reuters reported.


It said in a statement that it was investigating to determine the origin of infection, and that those infected had been isolated for treatment.


The ministry did not give exact numbers but said there were few cases.


With a fatality rate of as high as 88%, Marburg is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola and is transmitted to people from fruit bats. It then spreads through contact with bodily fluids of infected people.


Symptoms include high fever, severe headache vomiting, muscle aches and stomach aches, the ministry said.


Neighbouring Tanzania had cases of Marburg in 2023, while Uganda had similar ones in 2017.

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