Nepal votes in election pitting entrenched old guard against a powerful youth movement

The general election is the first since gen-Z protests forced Nepal’s then-prime minister to quit Nearly six months after a wave of unprecedented youth-led protests forced Nepal’s then prime minister to quit, people have began voting in a general election that is shaping up as a high-stakes showdown between the entrenched old guard and a powerful youth movement. Key figures contesting the election include the Marxist former prime minister seeking a return to office, a rapper-turned-mayor bidd...

By Agence France-Presse

Rapper-turned-politician votes in Nepal election

Former Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician, casts his vote as Nepal holds elections.

Snelle verkiezingen na jongerenprotesten moeten verandering brengen in Nepal

Zes maanden nadat de regering van Nepal moest aftreden onder druk van grootschalige jongerenprotesten, gaat het land vandaag naar de stembus. Veel mensen hopen dat deze verkiezingen een keerpunt zullen zijn in de politieke geschiedenis van het land dat getekend is door onstabiele coalities en corrupte leiders. Er is hoop, maar ook veel twijfel onder Nepalezen of deze korte periode voldoende is om definitief af te rekening met de oude garde en nieuwe gezichten een kans te geven. ...

Nepalci danas glasaju na prvim izborima nakon Gen Z prosvjeda

NEPALCI glasaju na izborima nakon prošlogodišnjih nemira, gdje nove stranke izazivaju etablirane, otvarajući put novoj koalicijskoj vladi.