here on the african continent do not have access to those very important vaccines to the co founder jack josi has stamped down as c arm. he had faced her show internally to resign and survived, and the best to be asked him last year. he will be replaced by the chief technology officer. him in a statement on twitter. dorothy says it was finally time for me to leave. kristen salome has been following developments. san is live for us in new york. hello there, kristin. it's been a rocky fee for twitter. why? and dorothy stepping down now while c. o. jack dorothy released the statement saying that it was time for the company to move on. he's been at the helm s c o. off and on since founding the company back in 2006. and he's been under pressure to go since last year from major stockholders and shareholders who thought that it was inappropriate, that he be at the helm of twitter while at the same time serving a ceo of another company square a digital payment company doors. he's also face some pressure from politicians in the united states after twitter band, former president, donald trump saying he

and twitter co founded jack josie has stepped down as c own. dorsey has faced the internal pressure to resign and survived and invest to be asked him last year. those are the headlines. i'm emily angland. stay tuned on al jazeera, with inside story up next. ah, ah ah, the race to contain a new code with 1900 various countries are closing their borders, reem, posing travel restrictions and warranty measures a clear sign. the pandemic is far from over, but our government prepared to deal with the ever changing virus. this is inside story. ah, ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm daddy navigator. so just as countries around the world, we're starting to reopen their borders and lift cove with 1900 restrictions. a new variance is now threatening to derail the progress of the past few months. several nations have already imposed travel restrictions to and from southern africa. that's where the latest variance was 1st detected, the world health organization says it poses a high global risk. so government has been put on notice, be prepared. little is known about the new strain, but there

z rubbish. came to the co founder jack josi has stepped down as c o of the company. dorothy has faced the internal pressure to resign and survived an investor to asked him last year. he will be replaced by the chief technology officer in a statement on twitter or who said it was finally time to leave. kristen salome has been covering this story and joins us live from new york. hello kristen. it's been a rocky few years for twitter wines. dorsey stepping down now? well, he said in his statement that it was time for the company to move on. jack dorsey has been at the helm in some form or another from 2006 when the company started. he stepped down for a while he was put back on it. he's been under pressure though since last year to go after some major shareholders raised questions about whether or not he should still be the ceo of twitter, while at the same time serving as those ceo of another digital payment company square. so the pressure was mounting on him. dorsey also faced criticism from politicians, particularly on the right after donald trump. president donald trump was kicked of