Gen Z

Gen Z

Madagascar's protesters have named their movement Gen Z. Photo: Rijasolo/AFP via DW

Madagascar president fires government after Gen Z protests

At least 22 people were killed after protests broke out over power cuts, water shortages and widespread poverty.

A demonstrator holds a poster as police officers stand guard during a protest against the government of Peru's President Dina Boluarte after Congress approved a partial withdrawal of private pension savings, a measure which could leave millions of Peruvians without retirement funds, in Lima, Peru, September 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

Peru's Gen Z rallies against President Boluarte, protesting over pensions and corruption

Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki addresses as President Ram Chandra Paudel applauds while attending the Constitution Day at the Army Pavilion in Tundikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 19, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Nepal interim PM vows to fix 'failure' that led to deadly Gen Z protests

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel, along with Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav and interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, poses for a picture with newly appointed Finance Minister Rameshore Khanal, Energy Minister Kulman Ghising, and Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal after administering the oath of office, at "Shital Niwas", the presidential building that was ransacked and burned by the protesters, in Kathmandu on 15 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal's new interim ministers sworn in after protests

Smoke rises from the burnt Hilton Kathmandu hotel, following protests against Monday's killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

From parliament to luxury hotels, Nepal's protest movement targeted the elite

Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki speaks with the media in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 30 January 2019. File Photo: Reuters

Nepal's former chief justice Karki likely to be appointed interim PM

File photo of Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki. Photo: Collected

Nepal ex-chief justice tipped to lead political transition

File photo of Nepal Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel. Photo courtesy: PTI

Who is Ashok Raj Sigdel, Nepal Army chief stepping in to calm violent Gen Z protests?

Illustration: Bloomberg

Office etiquette, the Gen-Z way

Contrary to long-held assumptions, Gen Z isn’t politically clueless — they understand both local and global politics well. Photo: TBS

A misreading of Gen Z’s ‘political disconnect’ set the stage for Hasina’s ouster

A woman casts her early vote for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, on 29 May 2025. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy

A woman casts her early vote for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

How a Gen Z gender divide is reshaping democracy

The only way to truly flout capitalism is to first achieve financial freedom by engaging with, yes, capitalism. Photo: Bloomberg

Can Gen Z truly opt out of capitalism?