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 ...

IBF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DUBOIS TO FACE PARKER IN SAUDI ARABIA. (PHOTO).


 IBF Heavyweight Champion Dubois to face Parker in Saudi Arabia


British heavyweight Daniel Dubois will defend his IBF world title against Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia on February 22. The 27-year-old returns to the ring in Riyadh after making a spectacular first defence of his IBF belt against Anthony Joshua.


Dubois knocked out his British rival inside five rounds at Wembley Stadium in September. Parker held the WBO title between 2016 and 2018 before losing a unanimous points decision to Joshua.


The 32-year-old New Zealander upset former WBC champion Deontay Wilder last year before beating Zhilei Zhang to win the WBO interim title in March.

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