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 ...

NIGER STATE GOVT POSTPONES TOUR TO MOURN KSTCHA LG CHAIRMAN'S DEATH. (PHOTO).


 Niger Govt Postpones Tour to Mourn Katcha LG Chairman’s Death


The Niger State government has postponed its ongoing tour of Zone B in honor of the late Chairman of Katcha Local Government Area, Danlami Abdullahi Saku, who tragically died in a car accident along Kwakuti on December 9, 2024.


State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Binta Mamman, announced that Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago decided to reschedule the tour to January 2025 as a mark of respect.


Mamman also shared that the Fidda’u prayer, led by the Director General of Religious Affairs, Dr. Umar Farooq Abdullahi, will be held on Friday after Jumaat prayers at the Minna Central mosque.


Governor Bago had previously toured local government areas in Zones A and C to inspect ongoing projects. He prayed for the late Chairman’s soul to find peace in Aljanna Firdausi and extended condolences to his family and the people of Katcha.

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