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Nepal's Gen Z pins hopes on post-uprising elections

Nepal's Gen Z pins hopes on post-uprising elections

Six months after joining anti-corruption protests that rocked Nepal, 23-year-old Amrita Ban will vote in Thursday's election, hoping the new government will realise the movement's demands. Last September's violence, in which at least 77 people were killed, parliament set on fire

Nepali women still sidelined in post-uprising polls

Nepali women still sidelined in post-uprising polls

Nepali women risked their lives in last year's deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the government. But when the country votes on Thursday, they will be largely absent from the ballot as candidates. The September unrest demanded the end of an entrenched political elite and the rise of

Nepal PM hopeful eyes 'change' in post-uprising elections

Nepal PM hopeful eyes 'change' in post-uprising elections

Nepali student leader-turned-politician Gagan Thapa has sought to rejuvenate his party's stale image, campaigning on generational change ahead of the Himalayan nation's first elections since a deadly youth-led uprising. "We need energy for Nepal's change," the 49-year-old