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 ...

POLICE TRANSFER 10 RESCUED HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS TO NAPTIP IN KANO.(PHOTO).


 Police Transfer 10 Rescued Human Trafficking Victims to NAPTIP in Kano


The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has received 10 human trafficking victims from the Kano State Police Command. The victims, aged between 22 and 42, including six females and four males, were rescued on December 7 at a house in Rijiyar Lemu Quarters, Kano, by a police team led by CSP Bala Shuaibu. 


The victims, who were being trafficked to Libya for labor exploitation, are from Delta, Edo, Osun, Ogun, and Lagos states. NAPTIP Zonal Commander Abdullahi Babale praised the Kano Police Commissioner, Salman Dogo-Garba, for his support in the operation. He also assured that the victims would receive counseling and rehabilitation before being reunited with their families. Both Babale and Dogo-Garba urged the public to report suspicious trafficking activities to prevent further exploitation.

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