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PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday urged West African leaders to step up efforts in the fight against Islamic extremists in the Sahel region both on the military and political fronts, with support from the international community.

READ MORE: Home, artifacts discovered at Harriet Tubman's birthplace in Dorchester CountyCongress designated February 22, George Washington's birthday, as a holiday for all federal workers in 1885. In 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Law changed the date to the third Monday in February.The Lincoln Memorial - the iconic temple built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln - turns 100 years old Monday.The Uniform Monday Holiday Law aimed to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers, according to History, shifting several federal holidays from specific dates to predetermined Mondays.The position of the holiday between the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln, born on February 12, gave rise to the popular name of Presidents' Day, according to the National Archives.Presidents' Day is now popularly seen as a day to recognize the lives and achievements of all of America’s chief executives.President Abraham Lincoln's cottage is a historic site nestled in Northwest D.C.

ABURI – West African leaders have emphasized that Mali’s junta should nominate civilian transitional leaders within days to lead the nation toward elections, Ghana’s president said following a regional summit. Six leaders from the West African regional economic bloc, ECOWAS, met with Mali's junta Tuesday in Ghana, whose president now serves as the bloc’s new chairman.