Violence Claims Nearly 5,000 In The Sahel Over Past Five Months; Global Notes: The Notre Dame Burned As Onlookers Sang; After 20 Years With A Single President, Algeria Looks For A New Leader

By Worldview Staff
Students carry banners and chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. President of the Algerian Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaiz resigned on Tuesday amid mass protests in the country demanding for his departure. “Belaiz notified the members of the Constitutional Council, during a meeting held Tuesday, that he presented his resignation to the interim president Abdelkader Bensalah,” the council said in a statement.
Students carry banners and chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. President of the Algerian Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaiz resigned on Tuesday amid mass protests in the country demanding for his departure. "Belaiz notified the members of the Constitutional Council, during a meeting held Tuesday, that he presented his resignation to the interim president Abdelkader Bensalah," the council said in a statement. Anis Belghoul / AP Photo
Students carry banners and chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. President of the Algerian Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaiz resigned on Tuesday amid mass protests in the country demanding for his departure. “Belaiz notified the members of the Constitutional Council, during a meeting held Tuesday, that he presented his resignation to the interim president Abdelkader Bensalah,” the council said in a statement.
Students carry banners and chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. President of the Algerian Constitutional Council Tayeb Belaiz resigned on Tuesday amid mass protests in the country demanding for his departure. "Belaiz notified the members of the Constitutional Council, during a meeting held Tuesday, that he presented his resignation to the interim president Abdelkader Bensalah," the council said in a statement. Anis Belghoul / AP Photo

Violence Claims Nearly 5,000 In The Sahel Over Past Five Months; Global Notes: The Notre Dame Burned As Onlookers Sang; After 20 Years With A Single President, Algeria Looks For A New Leader

By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show: 

  • A spike of violence in the Sahel region
  • Music from Paris
  • Looking to Algeria’s future