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Madagascar: Not Afraid of Against the President
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For Herizo AndriamananTena, a spokesman for generation Z group (generation of born in 1997 to 2012) Madagascar, this is quite clear: “We are obliged to change everything. What we expect is the impeachment and resignation (president). The point is the President resigned.” he said to DW.
The wave of global protest Gen Z now reaches Madagascar. “Changing everything” for demonstrators means: Stop the governance of poor governance and corruption. They demanded that President Andry Rajoelina resign, because the replacement of cabinet ministers was considered insufficient.
The protest was originally triggered by the power outage and the drinking water crisis, according to the United Nations at least 22 people were killed and 100 people were injured since the wave of protesting Simulai on (25/9) then.
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The mobilization of young people with education with the age of 18-28 years continues even though there is a threat and intimidation, explained AndriamananTena. Young Madagascar feels the majority because more than half of the 32 million Madagascar populations are under 30 years old. Their role models are Nepal.
Nepal: Generation Z Raises the Government
The Nepal government blocks 26 social media platforms such as Facebook and Tiktok, with the reason to protect national security. Generation Z took to the streets, tens of thousands of demonstrations.
With the hashtag #nepobabies (the term for those who sit in the government because of the nipotism and influential parents), they exposed corruption and the family’s family’s conspiracy. Despite taking dozens of lives, they succeeded in overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma. In the voting that was held online, they supported Sushila Karki – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Nepal and anti -corruption fighters – as a successor.
“We expect a sustainable political revival, led by generation Z,” Rajat Das Shrestha, one of the main figures of the Gen Z movement in Nepal, told DW. “The government can be overthrown if young people rise against.”
The protest that lasted over the past few weeks in a country of 30 million people in that has now become a guideline for Gen Z protest movements around the world.
If the rulers “continue to ignore the dreams and frustration of young people, then similar events will occur in many other countries in the region,” Shrestha said.
Previously the wave of demonstrations protested government injustice occurred in Indonesia at the end of August 2025.
After Nepal now it was the turn of the Philippine young people who moved to the streets – against acts of corruption and government injustice.
Serbia: Gen Z rebellion after the station’s collapse
Not only in Asia, even in Europe the Z generation took to the streets. “It was a drop that made the contents of the glass overflow,” said Jelena Popadic, one of the spokesperson for the protest movement to DW. What he mentioned was the effort of the Serbian government to cover up the cause behind the collapse of the roof of the main station in the city of Novi Sad 1 November 2024, which killed 16 people. The collapse of the station roof is allegedly due to construction and corruption malpractice.
Since then, almost a full year of Gen Z has tried to paralyze life in the country of 7 million people through the resistance movement on campuses, weekly demonstrations, blocking roads, to the attack of the progressive party office of President Aleksandar Vucic. The focus clearly protested the president’s authoritarian government.
Their slogan: “pumpaj”, which means “harder” or “tighter.” Vucic tries to suppress action with violence but does not produce results.
“Students are not afraid, and they have transmitted that attitude to all the people,” former Bogoljub Police General General Zivkovic told DW. Zivkovic was retired early by Vucic after 30 years of service, because his son – a law student – joined in demonstration demanding an end to corruption.
From Maghreb to Latin America
No less brave, the anonymous youth movement in Morocco intensified their actions. According to the DPA news agency, in the protest that occurred on Wednesday night (1/10) at least 280 people were injured and more than 400 were arrested.
The main issue is corruption. But they also refused the construction of the stadium for the 2030 World Cup (which will be held with Spain and Portugal). While the “Gen Z 212” group demanded that the stadium construction fund was transferred to the hospital. 212 Taken from Moroccan international telephone code – to describe the identity of its national movement. Protest calls spread through Tiktok, Instagram, and Discord game platforms.
A similar wave of z gene action also appeared in Paraguay and Peru. The younger generation is fed up with nepotism and political promises. In Asuncanón, the capital of Paraguay, last weekend, they demonstrated with the slogan: “We are 99.9 percent and we don’t want to be corrupt.”
In Peru, young people demonstrated in the capital of the Lima by beating a strong drum rejecting corruption, demanding that President Dina Boluarte resign, and reject retirement reform plans.
In Peru – as in all the Z Gen Acts in the world – always seen a skull pirate flag with a straw hat from the legendary animation “One Piece.”
The main character of the animated film, Monkey D. Ruffy, who fought for freedom and justice. One of his famous quotations is a belief with young demonstrators: “I want to create a world where all my friends can eat as much as he can!”
This article was first published in German
Adapted by Sorta Caroline
Editor: Agus Setiawan
(ITA/ITA)