By BBCMore by this AuthorMore than 1,000 judges in Algeria say they will refuse to oversee next month's election if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is a candidate. The 82-year-old's decision to run for a fifth term has prompted big nationwide protests, the biggest threat so far to his 20-year rule. The judges say they will not act against the will of the people. In a statement, the judges said they should join an effort to "declare that we are the people". Mr Bouteflika rarely appears in public and has not given a public address since having a stroke in 2013.

Source: Daily Nation March 11, 2019 17:23 UTC