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Nepal’s prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, has stepped down after more than a dozen people were killed and hundreds injured during youth-led demonstrations triggered by a social media ban by the government, corruption, and a lack of economic opportunities.

Security forces used live ammunition, water cannons, and tear gas against protesters across several cities, with authorities confirming at least 19 deaths, according to Reuters.

The Himalayan nation of 30 million people has a history of political instability, having seen over a dozen governments since becoming a republic in 2008, when it abolished a 239-year-old monarchy following a decade-long civil war.

The current wave of protests, led by young people between the ages of 13 and 28 — Nepal’s Generation Z — has been described as the most serious unrest the country has faced in decades.

KP Sharma Oli announced his resignation on Tuesday in a letter that cited “the extraordinary situation” in the country, according to a copy of the note shared online by a senior aide.

Despite a curfew imposed in central Kathmandu, crowds of protesters returned to the streets on Tuesday, shortly after the government lifted the social media ban.

According to CNN, images published by Reuters showed demonstrators setting a police booth and furniture on fire outside the office of the Nepali Congress, the country’s largest political party.

The international airport in the capital was also shut down as violence disrupted operations, Reuters reported, quoting the aviation authority.

In Chandrapur, south of Kathmandu, police fired warning shots as residents gathered in defiance of the curfew, a local official told CNN. Protesters also torched a police vehicle during the clashes, the source added.

madridguy:
Afghanistan and Yemen are poor? You guys will just open your mouth and talk. Then why is America trying to control the both countries?

FreeStuffsNG:
Anyone leading Nepal is doing them a big favor. It's like being the President of Afghanistan or Yemen. Dry and almost barren land full of mountains and valleys and millions of very poor people.

The man has nothing to lose by resigning. He's leading a very poor country and it's like working against gravity.

In USA, their President is a convicted felon yet nobody's calling for his sack neither is he planning to resign from such lucrative post.

FreeStuffsNG:
Anyone leading Nepal is doing them a big favor. It's like being the President of Afghanistan or Yemen. Dry and almost barren land full of mountains and valleys and millions of very poor people.

The man has nothing to lose by resigning. He's leading a very poor country and it's like working against gravity.

In USA, their President is a convicted felon yet nobody's calling for his sack neither is he planning to resign from such lucrative post.

FreeStuffsNG:
Anyone leading Nepal is doing them a big favor. It's like being the President of Afghanistan or Yemen. Dry and almost barren land full of mountains and valleys and millions of very poor people.

The man has nothing to lose by resigning. He's leading a very poor country and it's like working against gravity.

In USA, their President is a convicted felon yet nobody's calling for his sack neither is he planning to resign from such lucrative post.

FreeStuffsNG:
Anyone leading Nepal is doing them a big favor. It's like being the President of Afghanistan or Yemen. Dry and almost barren land full of mountains and valleys and millions of very poor people.

The man has nothing to lose by resigning. He's leading a very poor country and it's like working against gravity. Sometimes, I wonder if they even have government or wealthy citizens. They are in Nigeria doing menial jobs but are very friendly and polite.

Despite claiming to be a sovereign nation, there's a section of their people whose forebears and living descendants signed up their life to fight and die for Britain whenever there's a war.

In USA, their President is a convicted felon yet nobody's calling for his sack neither is he planning to resign from such lucrative post.

Apcshit:
In Nigeria they will use them as shooting exercise

duduade:
When will the crop of Nigerian politicians we have today start to tow this path

Hypnotise:
Good, a leader still with a conscience and 6 characters more needed

princepee:
If I hear say anyone resign in Africa because of protest.
African leaders don't resign, they die on the sit.


This one chock Sha

Toscarel:
For naija the leader rather wipe out the population of the people he is leading than step down....

chuksjuve:
Nigeria politicians and police force left the group chat 😀😀😀😀

Instead they will use the protesters as practice target to masts their shooting skills 😀😀

But will chicken out when they see Bokoharam and kidnappers 😀😀😀

BlackViper:
Some governments never learn and they think they can control narratives.

People should never live in fear of their government

Rather Government should live in fear of the people

GadoosGadoo:
We the people of Nigeria don't know the kind of power we posess against our government and till we know it we will continue to suffer