Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is to resign before his mandate expires on 28 April, according to his office. "It is a first victory, but it is not over," says Zoheir Rouis, secretary general of the liberal Jil Jadid (New Generation) opposition party. Last week, Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah called for the ailing president to be declared unfit to rule. "The risk is that we kick out Bouteflika but keep the old regime intact," warns Rouis. "Algerians want the the system to be dismantled and for corruption to be tackled," says for his part professor Rezzaki.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 01, 2019 16:36 UTC