this is d w news live from berlin a major power change in the making in north africa algeria is in babel president pulls out of the upcoming elections protesters are celebrating after weeks calling for lizzie's beautifully good to step down he's postpone the elections and promise the country a new constitution after ruling out a bid for a fifth term in power. also coming up tonight investigators recover the black boxes from that crashed ethiopian ethiopian airlines flight it's hoped that the information moved into.

mpower change, or political windowdressing and north africa. algeria's embattled president pulls out of upcoming elections. protesters are celebrating after weeks calling for abdelaziz bouteflika to step down. he h has postponed elections and promised the country a new constitution after ruling out a bid for a fifth term in power. investigators uncovered the black boxes from that crashed ethiopian airlines flight. it is hoped the information will include why the boeing 737 crashed sunday, killing everyone on boa.. the weather was clear, the plane was new, so o what went wrong? venezuela still in the dark. reports of people looting and people dying in hospitals as the catastrophic blackout enters the fourth day. the countries of self-declared president calling on lawmakers to declare a state of alarm. a surprise return and the world of soccer. real madrid reappointed former player zinedine zidane as head coach. less than a year after he left the club. zidane conquered europe with madrid. can he do it again? ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs i

is on every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe dillard's he says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria is turbulent past means many people like him a wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future with al-jazeera paris buddhist government are being blamed for killing nine policemen in myanmar outpost was attacked in the west and rakhine state a group called the army is accused of aiding myanmar's army in persecuting muslims . to bethen activists and human rights supporters a marking the sixtieth anniversary of a tibetan uprising against chinese rule rallies are being held outside tibet in countries including taiwan and india china's could restrictions on tourists and journalists who want to visit the himalayan country critics say there is another side to beijing is repressing the rights of tibetans and as iraq matheson reports on march tenth one thousand nine hundred fifty nine chinese soldiers pour

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the process some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe algeria is turbulent past me many protesters here a wary of political chaos what they want they say is a peaceful transition to a fairer future natasha butler al-jazeera tyrus to sit on our the deputy head of the opposition party mariam sadik on matter has been sentenced to a week in prison over the ongoing demonstrations there but around forty female protesters have now been released on the president's orders have been morgan spoke to one of them in a heart. just days ago finds him a good a member of an opposition party in sudan was in hunger strike in a woman's prison in the country's second largest city on the man she's been held in detention for six weeks. accused of taking part in anti-government protests and. i was driving from our party's h.q. when cars came up behind me and in front of me and told me to get out of my car and to get into their i was taken to detention and then questioned and put in jail no char

one every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe abdul r.t. says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria's turbulent past means many people like him a wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future with al-jazeera paris. we'll get a weather update next year and i was here at the end we'll tell you why efforts to contain the a bone the virus and the democratic republic of congo are under threat once again. and we're asking how count protection. undermining the rule of more in india. hello there we've got some heavy rain working its way across parts of japan at the moment so thanks to this weather system here is pushing its way across us at the moment giving some heavy rain and gradually turning wintery as we head through the next few days so monday looking pretty wet then fifteen degrees is the maximum in tokyo wet and windy for us and then the system pushes its way northward turning to snow is it does s

is on every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe abdul r.t. says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria is turbulent past means many people like him are wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future butler al jazeera paris. now nine female protesters in sudan who were sentenced to lashes have had their punishment survived but a court has jailed them for a month meanwhile students in khartoum under fire and security forces by protesting against the government in universities are boycotting elections and they stand for more protests from opposition groups planned on sunday. to russia now where protesters in moscow are condemning a proposed internet control law which is being likened to an online on russia's lower house of parliament passed the internet bill last month proposed this all and . through russia the kremlin says changes are needed to protect from foreign cyber attacks critics say it gives the

is on every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe abdul r.t. says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria is turbulent past means many people like him a wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future with al-jazeera paris. still ahead on the bulletin we'll look at how u.s. experts can help with the ethiopian airlines crash investigation and there's a new palestinian prime minister his appointment could deepen a rift with hamas. hello there but it's all quite quiet over the southeastern parts of china at the moment it's promising to stay that way for the next few days as well this area of clarity where there is just working its way south away from us so we'll see it in luzon in the philippines but for the north it should stay fine unsettled and also force in hong kong those temperatures will be rising so they should get to around twenty three degrees as we had three tuesday out towards the west and here w

is on every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe abdul r.t. says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria's turbulent past means many people like him are wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future with al-jazeera paris. tibetan activists and human rights supporters are marking the sixtieth anniversary of the patent uprising against chinese rule rallies are being held outside tibet in countries that include taiwan and india china has put strictures on tourists and journalists who want to visit the himalayan country critics say it's another sign that beijing is repressing the rights of tibetans for matheson points. on march tenth one thousand nine hundred fifty nine chinese soldiers poured into tibet china says it was liberating the himalayan country it had ruled since one nine hundred fifty one but it was also suppressing protests against chinese authority which had grown and were becoming more violen

is on every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe abdul r.t. says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria is turbulent past means many people like him are wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future with al-jazeera paris. the united states is venezuela's military is holding talks with the opposition trying to get them to switch sides national security advisor john bolton says there are countless conversations going on between members of the opposition's national assembly and the country's armed forces that's after the rival rallies from president nicolas maduro and the opposition to go on in caracas on saturday many venezuelans angry venezuelans participated in the marches following a massive power outage on thursday and friday that affected millions. the u.s. of sabotage but the opposition says its mismanagement that led to the collapse of the country's central hydroelectric plants either way caused

egle al-jazeera let's bring in russia he's an analyst on the middle east and north africa he's been following the events in algeria extensively and joins us via skype from montgomery alabama. government says the president's back in the country we haven't actually seen him but if he is back what does this mean for the protest movement the short answer nothing. the longer answer is they're out the president and planned that he's sick we're going to the president trying to buy time buy time and so the constitutional council sign on on here is. campaign and buy time in told they can organize and hold new elections that is not likely going to happen the protest movement continues in nigeria and we haven't seen any sign that this protest movement has weakened since february twenty second. but we have seen signs that this process of movement has increased magnitude increased frequency and increase in intensity so to answer your question nothing really and as you say this weekend's protests have been the largest ever against but to free care and we're also seeing large protests in cities outside the capital rushdie how is

yemen syria and also libya but also you have neighboring countries here in north africa closely monitoring the situation in algeria the said is really concerned about the situation in algeria and has called for genuine political reforms an inclusive political process that would be take into account the need to. develop the livelihood of the algerian so this is a situation which is not monitored by practically everyone all over the world and if we've got hundreds of thousands of people taking part or so expected to take part in the six week of protests there is clearly plenty of momentum with the protesters where ultimately do you think this could be heading. well the amount of seems to be really building up now as you can see the those live images now from the central zia's the headquarters of the post office which has become the focal point of the project ocracy movement if you get a crowd which is swelling now of that of course for mass protests across the country we've seen many human rights activists political parties opposition figures and also trade unions saying that they side with the protesters an indicat

old is seeking a fifth term in office i did us hashemite but has covered north africa extensively he says the role of algeria'smilitary will be key. as the protest movement gains momentum in algeria the big question is what will be the army's next move the army being the most powerful establishment in algeria that will depend on many factors we have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will. approve those illegitimate to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people the protesters the opposition is that the elections should be postponed and they say that they don't think that the environment could be conducive to and instability in algeria i think of the men term continuous over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in now they are cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen as siding with beautifully and of the same time signing a gas the algerian people that are statements made over the

remain what matheson al-jazeera hashanah is into an easier for us now is of course covered algeria and north africa for many years for us action what was your initial take on this news today. come out it's basically the army in algeria saying that you won't provide any future support for president abdul aziz beautifully and that it's about time for a replacement of this is why the trigger article one zero two which means that the president of the center of the will act if. if the constitutional council decides. who will interim president for and this is the moment that many people have been waiting for since the start of the pro-democracy movement on the twenty the second of february and each time the army was making statements cautioning people against protests there would destabilize the country today i think they have realized that is absolutely no way to contain that and to government sentiment that has being climbed being across algeria and they decided it's about time to distance themselves for from president of that as he put of hashem if there is a point i made earlier but i think it's wort

that's all taking place in mainland europe in north africa now the winds are taking or showing themselves to be quite strong as very dust in the middle of algeria but that directional so brings waltz further north and some tribes. over a hundred and sixty years ago a musician started a band in an arty strait in cairo. the brass band was so popular it gave birth to an entire musical genre. a century and a half later the sound still resonates with many egyptians today. the people's music on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at stories making headlines now opposition protesters in venezuela have clashed with police during protests calling for president the duro to step down a large part of the country is now in its third day without power. colleges and universities in algeria have been ordered to close their campuses two weeks out of their scheduled spring break in an effort to quell student protests against the government a new satellite images show increased activity around the facility when north korea assembled most of its ballistic missiles leading to fears of another test launch. erik prince the founder of the private u.s. security

here to tell us more about the movement for reform in algeria and istanbul and yes i mean i lose a researcher and writer who focuses on north africa in beirut that i am a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and in algiers i'm a sociologist welcome everyone to this stream i want to start with some pictures to give our audience a sense of the scale of these protests take a look at my screen here this posted by red and has been shared several times on twitter he writes impressive drone footage showing the extent of the largest popular protests in algeria's history against the president's plan to cling to power and you can just see the scale of it there people looking tiny like this this is how it looks from a bird's eye view move over to this tweet here and this is been shown this and have a listen to what those protests actually sound like. and then today we got this one for. a member of our community malia here says i'm marching with students in algiers today incredibly emotional and powerful students united will never be defeated and she posts a picture of herself from the tuesday march nineteenth protest you can s

that's all taking place in mainland europe in north africa now the winds are taking or showing themselves to be quite strong as very dust in the middle of algeria but that directional so brings walls further north and some tribes. rewind continues a care brainier people back to life i'm sorry with updates on the best about just serious documentaries the struggle continues book from the till now of course use distance revisiting anatomy of an american city close friends who were lost to the streets i can literally see the future of baltimore to the ass of my students and it does not look rewind on al-jazeera past it is everywhere and it's choking our planet very toxic and very dangerous to get fang years painting along but breakthroughs are being made showing that it is possible to change our relationship with this no nate substance issues running up and make me laugh at you come on let me try to move on plastic waste of fries on al-jazeera how do you turn this into this. welcome back a look at the top stories opposition protesters in venezuela have clashed with police during protests calling for president but their oath to step down as most of

algeria now where long serving president adela's ease beautifully has announced he will not be seeking reelection the move comes after weeks of protests against his candidacy unlike other longstanding leaders in north africa beautifully can survive the wave of revolutions between two thousand and ten two thousand and twelve the only president now seems ready to pass algeria's political future onto a younger generation but a number of voters are yet to be convinced as we hear in this report. that kurds of the arab spring after nearly a month of protests. about to public pressure announce he will not run for shish term as president the news brought tens of thousands of in the streets to celebrate but some struck a note of caution warning that real change must follow. good things but only if they change the government completely. fifty bring someone just like him. it's not one shoots. they have to change the whole government forces as well so wary of the announcement that the election due to be held next month has been postponed indefinitely. we should be what does it mean when they announce the beautifully. it is not running for a fifth term but that is adding another year this is what he wanted from the be

second arab spring with the protests in algeria against the president and of course a situation in sudan, anger against the president there. the whole part of north africam pletely north africa has taken on a completely different role now because we had most of the trouble in the middle east, and now we are moving to north africa where there are of course huge numbers of people, and you get that feeling all the time that the fact they have had to go to russia and discuss this matter with the foreign minister is that russia is being very smart in the way it has infiltrated on all these countries, libya, syria, now it is morocco. the only thing i will say and i hope it stays that way, that the prime minister at the moment, it seems to be benign to the degree that there are protests but there is no sign of violence yet. speaking about spheres of influence, you mentioned russia. some concerns about this story in the south china morning post. china signing deals on italian ports, and in some quarters, concerns that china, a huge amount of influence right in the heart of europe. the old italian prime minister is a bit of a rebel, isn't he? they are in trouble

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office along the whole bara has covered north africa extensively he says the role of algiers military is the key. as the protest movement gains momentum in algeriathe big question is what will be the army's next move the army being the most powerful establishment in algeria that will depend on many factors we have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will. approve those illegitimate to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people the protesters the opposition is that the elections should be postponed and vase say that they don't think that the environment could be conducive to and instability in algeria i think of the men term continuous over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in now they're cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen as siding with. and of the same time sounding again as the algerian people that are statements made over the past few days by the. army chief guy backfired here asked people who warned peo

here to tell us more about the movement for reform in algeria and istanbul and yes i mean i lose a researcher and writer who focuses on north africa in beirut that i am a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and in algiers i'm a sociologist welcome everyone to this stream i want to start with some pictures to give our audience a sense of the scale of these protests so take a look at my screen here this posted by red and has been shared several times on twitter he writes impressive drone footage showing the extent of the largest popular protests in algeria's history against the president's plan to cling to power and you can just see the scale of it bare people looking tiny like this this is how that looks from a bird's eye view move over to this tweet here and this is been shyness and how to listen to what those protests actually sound like. and then today we got this one from a. a member of our community malia here says i'm marching with students in algiers today incredibly emotional and powerful students united will never be defeated and she posts a picture of herself from the tuesday march nineteenth protest you c

here to tell us more about the movement for reform in algeria and istanbul and yes i mean i lose a researcher and writer who focuses on north africa and that i am a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and in algiers i'm a sociologist welcome everyone to this stream i want to start with some pictures to give our audience a sense of the scale of these protests so take a look at my screen here this posted by red and has been shared several times on twitter he writes impressive drone footage showing the extent of the largest popular protests in algeria's history against the president's plan to cling to power and you can just see the scale of it there people looking tiny like this this is how it looks from a bird's eye view move over to this tweet here and this is been shown this and have a listen to what those protests actually sound like. and then today we got this one. a member of our community malia here says i'm marching with students in algiers today incredibly emotional and powerful students united will never be defeated and she posts a picture of herself from the tuesday march nineteenth protest you can see her

has covered north africa extensively he says the role of the military will be key. as the protest movement gains momentum in algeria the big question is what will be the army's next move the army being the most powerful establishment in algeria that's will depend on many factors we'll have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will. approve those illegitimate to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people of the protests the opposition is that the elections should be postponed and they say they have the wrong thing for the environment could be conducive to an instability in algeria i think of the men term continuous over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in now the cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen siding with. and of the same time sounding again as the algerian people that are statements made over the past few days by the. army chief guy it's backfired here asked b.p. warned pe

has covered north africa extensively he says the role of algerian military will be key. as the protest movement gains momentum in algeria the big question is what will be the army's next move the army being the most powerful establishment in algeria that will depend on many factors we'll have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will. approve those illegitimate to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people the protests the opposition is that the elections should be postponed and vase say that they don't think that the environment could be conducive to and instability in algeria i think of the men term continuous over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in now they're cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen as siding with. and of the same time sounding again as the algerian people that are statements made over the past few days by the. army chief guy backfired here asked b.p. warned people

falling apart with the current anti-government demonstrations in algeria a football crazy country like much of the middle east and north africa students are almost synonymous with football fans in other words football fans are a key demography of protest l.g. past and present well of course when as students and young says there's always going to be a bit of creativity and one of those is not having mass protests with music so video has been put together as parts of the demonstrations and calls for liberation to take a listen to. the . so way by destroying the story and it's one of those stories i said that plays out on social media sites many videos just like this one this was actually posted an hour ago and you're getting plenty of it is not just from the capital but from across the country as well as photos and there's also been a sense of a convo in the state but what we would like is we're putting a call out to people who are in algeria and also ex-pats living outside the if they can send us their videos and their photos and just give us an idea of what they thought saw and we'd love to hear from me she can do that with a

north africa risk consulting he does not think the protests will escalate into conflict. you know reasoning by analogy is always a dangerous thing to do. you know and you know algeria is not tunisia algeria is not egypt it's not syria it's not libya this is not an arab spring this is its own. systemic algerian movement it's responding to specific conditions and i'm curious and it's not easily comparable to the circumstances that unfolded in the other countries that i just mentioned for example. you know booklet despite the protests that took place over the last week and especially on friday does have a base and he does remain popular is not similar to the indian men are you too easy for us mubarak egypt's if you go to the countryside popular if you ask the older generation popular if you ask women. especially secular women remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not hated it unlike the other individuals that egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya even sometimes talks between the afghan taliban and the u.s. have concluded in doha the u.s. envoy is out me is describing unprecedented progress to end the seventeen year war is that the taliban's co-foun

algeria over the past three weeks. joining me from tunis is bbc arabic‘s north africa correspondent, bassam bounenni.predicted7m course, this is a turning point, let say. it is almost the same package announced by bouteflika‘s media office last sunday, except that he decided nowt not to bid for a fifth term in office, and the postponement of the elections, but algerians are tonight quite divided. there are protests in the capital and other major cities, they are divided, as i said. some took to the street to celebrate, others to protest again. and the opposition are splitting over the way to address this step. bouteflika arrive the arab spring. his resume remained intact, yet he had a stroke back in 2013. he has not spoken in public for years. all of these statements come out as press statements. he has been in hospital until yesterday in switzerland. how far is it possible to assess whether this is an intentional decision by him, or by other people around him who do, effectively, the day—to—day work of government? that's quite interesting, because since the protests have erupted on february 22, the

north africa the e.u. the u.s. remain really closely watching the situation as it evolved in. the international community has considered algeria for many years as a bulwark against instability and extremism in the region that they hope to see a strong but at the same time vibrant democracy prevail in the country we're seeing another friday of demonstrations not just in algiers but in other cities across algeria with thousands of people on the streets how much momentum is there still on protests inside. those extraordinary scenes that we're seeing now at the very heart of the capital r.g.s. which has become somehow the focal point of the pro-democracy movement with thousands of young algeria's brandishing the slogans and the pictures of some of the heroes of algeria who were killed during the war of independence in the fifty's and early sixty's and some of those posts you can you can see some of the messages in arabic saying sorry to your fallen heroes of algeria we have failed you we need to continue the fight for a brighter future for our country now that's a political message saying that they are not impressed and they don't

the founder of north africa risk consulting it is not think the protests west played into conflict. you know reasoning by analogy is always a dangerous thing to do. and you know algeria is not tunisia algeria is not egypt it's not syria it's not libya this is not an arab spring this is its own. genetic a systemic algerian movement it's responding to specific conditions and i'm sure you and it's not easily comparable to the circumstances that unfolded in the other countries that i just mentioned for example. you know booklet despite the protests that took place over the last week and especially on friday but flicka does have a base and he does remain popular is not similar to the indian mentality into museo or else mubarak egypt's if you go to the countryside popular if you ask the older generation bootlick is popular if you ask women. especially secular women remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not a hated it unlike the other individuals that egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya even. but as wales opposition leader insists he will return home despite threats of being arrested as an aqua door where he met president lenin merino is on a tour of l

the founder of north africa risk consulting and he does not think the protests will escalate into conflict you know reasoning by analogy is always a dangerous thing to do. you know algeria is not to use your own theory is not egypt it's not syria it's not this is not an arab spring this is its own. generic systemic algerian movement it's responding to specific conditions and i'm curious and it's not easily comparable to the circumstances that unfolded in the other countries that i just mentioned for example. your books live despite the protests that took place over the last week and especially on friday does have a base and he does remain popular is not similar to. ben ali in tunisia or of the border to egypt if you go to the countryside booklet most popular if you ask the older generation because popular if you ask women. especially secular women who remains popular he's a sympathetic figure he's not a good fit unlike the other individuals that egypt and tunisia and syria for example or libya even the afghan taliban and the u.s. are continuing bilateral talks in doha u.s. envoys on me. describing unprecedented progress to end the seventeen you know war is making the ta

algeria. so some good background there from hashem a whole bar al jazeera correspondent who's covered north africaextensively for many years now giving us an idea of well what life has been like under president abilities. it would appear that change is coming in some form of the other is he has announced that elections due april will be postponed he won't be running for a fifth term as president which of course caused such large scale protests in algeria the other developments of that his prime minister yahia has resigned as well and that a new constitution will be submitted to a national referendum with a promise of political and economic reform we've also heard there was a meeting with the army chief i think that picture might still be on algerian television if we can have just a little quick look at that they've got a still shot there of abilities but a figure on the right meeting with the army chief general ahmed had and the army's position is always so important in situations like this here's some fresh pictures as well of course this coming in direct from algerian television so we don't have

here to tell us more about the movement for reform in algeria and istanbul and yes i mean i lose a researcher and writer who focuses on north africa in beirut that i am a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and algiers i'm a sociologist welcome everyone to this stream i want to start with some pictures to give our audience a sense of the scale of these protests so take a look at my screen here this posted by red and has been shared several times on twitter he writes impressive drone footage showing the extent of the largest popular protests in algeria's history against the president's plan to cling to power and you can just see the scale of it bare people looking tiny like this this is how it looks from a bird's eye view move over to this tweet here and this is been shown this and have a listen to what those protests actually sound like. and then today we got this one. a member of our community malia here says i'm marching with students in algiers today incredibly emotional and powerful students united will never be defeated and she posts a picture of herself from the tuesday march nineteenth protest you can see he

another and was confined to particular places in algeria compared to the mass protests move as we've seen in different parts of the world particularly in north africa. this time is quite different. what we've seen now is a mountain which is building across a jury and it was an outcry against a bit of president of the us it was a fear to seek a fifth term and people said enough is enough because they say the man is sick and therefore we need someone who should run the country as we face huge challenges there were there were possibilities there were people thinking that this could just fade away as we've seen in the past what we've seen is a remarkable. mass protest movements building up across the nation and many people believe that if that momentum continues in the next two weeks that could be the game changer that's where we're definitely going to see. change on syria and doesn't look like at the protests are going to die down in any way and and to what extent is the ruling establishment those around flicker to what extent are they willing to go to keep him in power well this i think they've got the message because the earth tried different ways t

in algeria many of the protesters are young and motivated to change what they see as deep rooted corruption among the ruling elite we're going to talk to jeff porter about this founder of north africa risk consulting he's on skype from new york jeff it's it doesn't sound like it will be enough does it fire in the campaign chief when you've got protesters in thirty cities saying we want you gone. yes i mean i think we'll have to see how things unfold you know it's important to go back to nigeria history why do men get in the first president of the jury was famous for saying that the jury is a country of institutions not individuals so what we'll have to see is how the institution of the presidency unfolds and how the other institutions surrounding the presidency whether it's the the senate or the parliaments the constitutional court how they respond to the protests as well i also think it's important to acknowledge at the very top of your comments on the events in algeria thing is that the protests unfolded relatively peacefully that was expected of a popular expression of political will the forces of order law enforcement allowed the protesters to protest and left them on molested

six years they realize that's not the that's not the leader that can make algeria where it can be on the world stage in north africait's with his partners morocco and tunisia and others and they want to change and abdelaziz bouteflika is not that change and i suppose the big question now calvin is who will succeed him i mean is it going to be a rubber stamp significate from the army will it be an islamist or is it likely to be a kind of new progressive figure who would bring about the social and political reforms which are so badly needed. well i think that if i can't speak for the protesters but if they had their choice it would be that last one a progressive leader that represents a new vision for algeria but as we deal in realism it's got to be someone who is blessed by the military blessed by abilities would have his entourage or else i don't really see a legitimate free and fair elections happening if the people that are controlling things behind the scenes if they're not happy or at least going to have a new president that will allow them to ease out of power call them dog thank you very much indeed for talki

one every some say the french government is quietly concerned over further instability in north africa algeria borders libya a major route for people and arms smuggling to europe abdellatif says such fears are unfounded he says that algeria's turbulent past means many people like him a wary of chaos what they hope for he says is a peaceful transition to a fairer and more harmonious future. al-jazeera paris. nine police officers have died in an attack on a security outpost in myanmar they were killed on saturday night in a village in the western state of rakhine release of blame the attack on the army a buddhist group accused of aiding myanmar soldiers in their crackdown on. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then we'll tell you why efforts to contain the a both of us and democratic republic of democratic republic of congo are once again on the threats. heller marches in first.