In Nepal, 18 million people are eligible to vote in this Thursday's parliamentary elections. More than 120 parties are running, over a third of them created after the September 2025 uprising, which was largely driven by Generation Z. Among their demands: an end to corruption and nepotism and above all, job creation. Every day, nearly 2,000 young Nepalis leave the landlocked Himalayan country to find work abroad.
Just a few weeks after the revolution that overthrew the government in Nepal, nearly 1 million new voters registered on the electoral rolls. An unprecedented figure, reflecting the scale of the political earthquake that shook the country: more than 70 people killed and hundreds injured, parliament and dozens of ministries set ablaze, and a youth movement determined to rid itself of the old political guard that has shared power for nearly two decades.
For the past 20 years, Nepali political life has been dominated by the same figures and the same parties, regularly accused of corruption and nepotism. This time, Gen Z wants to break with the old system. FRANCE 24's Alban Alvarez, Sacha Desmaizières and Praveen Kumar Yadav report.
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