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 ...

TEACHER AND TEACHER'S AIDE ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER TAPING A 9-YEAR-OLS CHILD'S HEAD TO A DESK FOR NEARLY AN HOUR. (PHOTO).


 Teacher and teacher's aide facing charges after taping a 9-year-old child's head to a desk for nearly an hour.


57-year-old Todd Lewis and 67-year-old Sallyman Scala are facing charges after a shocking incident that occurred back in October.  


The incident took place at Lenox Elementary School in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey where Lewis serves as a teacher and Scala is a teacher's aide.


According to Pompton Lakes PD they were notified of the situation on October 31st when parents of a 9-year-old student made a report regarding the incident. The parents alleged that Lewis had placed masking tape around their child's back and head in order to tape his head to his desk. The child was then left for 40 to 50 minutes with his head taped down to the desk.


 They stated Scala, who is a teacher's aide, witnessed the entire episode and did nothing to intervene.


Following a lengthy investigation Todd Lewis has been charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.  He was released pending trial but is prohibited from having contact with minors.


Sallyman Scala was charged with fourth-degree abuse and neglect of a child.

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