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 ...

'WE ARE FOCUSING ON OUR OWN PROBLEMS'- AMORIM. (PHOTO).


 'We are focusing on our own problems' – Amorim


Ruben Amorim says Manchester United are focused on their "own problems" rather the struggles of rivals Manchester City before Sunday's derby at Etihad Stadium. Premier League champions City have won just one of their last 10 matches in all competitions, seven of those defeats, and dropped to fourth place and eight points behind leaders Liverpool, who also have a game in hand.


Amorim has won three of his six matches in charge in all competitions, but United have lost back-to-back Premier League games to sit 13th in the table. And despite City's poor form, the Portuguese said: "I never think about these things. We will face a great opponent and I'm more focused on our problems, so we have a lot of issues here. "I'm more focused on what we should do on Sunday to win the game, so I'm really focused on my team."


Asked if he was facing a weaker City side - and one which his former Sporting side beat 4-1 in a Champions League home tie in November - Amorim added: "No, no, no, no. "The great teams can respond in any moment, and I think they are in a better place than us in the type of understanding the game, the way they play, the confidence they have. Even in these kind of moments.


"We have a lot to focus on in our team. Of course we have a strategy to try to win the game with the strategy like it should be, but we are focused just on our team."

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