alice van gelder from cape town thank you. in a surprise move ethiopia's prime minister has announced that he is set to resign seen here in twenty thirteen helen merriam dissolve said that his resignation letter said in his resignation letter that he would continue in the role until the transition of power is complete this comes amid ethiopia's worst anti-government protests in a quarter of a century hundreds have died and tens of tens of thousands have been detained after months of demonstrations calling for government reform and an end to corruption hope. and the united states president donald trump has been speaking about yesterday's mass shooting in florida where seventeen people were killed and many more injured when a nineteen year old gunman opened fire at the florida high school where he used to be a student the suspect named by authorities as nicholas cruz was arrested and now faces seventeen charges of premeditated murder here's an excerpt from president trump speech our entire nation. with one heavy heart is praying

from art let's bring and journalist alice van gelder who is joining us from cape town we just heard there the chair saying that he doesn't know what will happen let's leave it up to jacob zuma the party wants him to goes in the saying that he will go when he is good and ready what happens now yet he actually had said street and say earlier that he only wanted to get it was ready to go but only in three to six months while the a.n.c. yes they were scared they don't want that they urgently as they set want to want to remove him or actually want him to go if he refuses to go then the only option is to impeach him or to vote for a motion of no confidence in parliament so he only way is then parliamentary process and if that happens that can be more you many a saying forty eight c. and for president zuma in see isn't that scheme because this all went to a motion of no confidence on the table that was tabled by the opposition and they want to keep control over the process they want to keep it in their own hands so they are still hopeful that maybe tomorrow zuma will say i'm loyal to my party an

alice van gelder from cape town thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world the ethiopian prime minister is stepping down seed here and twenty thirteen. said in his resignation letter that he would continue in the role until the transition of power is complete this comes amid ethiopia's worst antigovernment protests in a quarter of a century demonstrators have been calling for political reform and an end to government corruption. zimbabweans gathered outside of the party office of iconic opposition leader morgan tsvangirai to mourn his death and celebrate his life he nearly became president in two thousand and eight but robert mugabe held on to power until he was deposed in november recognized as the symbol of the resistance the ruling zanu p.f. for decades jungle ride died from cancer on wednesday sixty five. the charity save the children says that more children than ever are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence they report cite syria afgha