Gen Z Uprisings

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state of play · Leaders

In Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić said he will resign within weeks and call early elections after 18 months of student-led protests, hinting he could return as prime minister, the clearest people-power concession in the region this year. In the Indian Ocean, Modi closed a three-day Seychelles state visit with nine agreements, a patrol vessel and a Rs 1,250cr credit line, becoming the first Indian leader to address the island's parliament as Delhi races Beijing's port footprint. In London, Keir Starmer resigned June 22, giving Britain its seventh prime minister in a decade; Andy Burnham leads the Labour succession race with nominations opening July 9. The Iran MoU places Pezeshkian in the position of defending a deal his own IRGC is actively undermining, a test of whether civilian government can hold against the Guards on a live issue. Delcy Rodriguez's interim government is managing a catastrophic earthquake response with degraded infrastructure and US sanctions in the background, Trump's aid pledge notwithstanding. In the Indo-Pacific, Tarique Rahman's 13 MoUs with Beijing mark the clearest pivot away from India Dhaka has signalled in years. Xi's Pyongyang visit and his Myanmar engagement continue Beijing's dual-track of shoring up buffer states while managing two troubled dependencies. The NATO Ankara summit July 7-8 arrives with the 5% GDP defence pledge pre-agreed by the E5.

Vučić says he will resign within weeks and call early elections in Serbia

After 18 months of student-led protests, the president pledges to step down a year early, hints at becoming prime minister, and vows his bloc will win 'more convincingly than ever'

Who Decides ·6 takes ·Jun 29

Five of six protesters found beaten and dumped after Kenya Gen Z anniversary march; one still missing

KHRC says six activists arrested at the June 25 commemoration were tortured in police custody and abandoned at separate Nairobi locations; Davis Lichuma remains forcibly disappeared

Who Decides ·6 takes ·Jun 29

Kenya police teargas and arrest hundreds on second anniversary of 2024 protest killings

Families of the 60-plus victims who died when security forces fired on Parliament crowds in June 2024 were met with razor wire, roadblocks and teargas as they marched to demand accountability and full reparations

Who Decides ·4 takes ·Jun 26

Ruto signs the Finance Bill early as Gen Z marks the June 25 anniversary

A new finance law with bread VAT and phone-activation duty revives the 2024 grievance; for the first time Ruto signs before June 25, the date that has met him with protests every year

How Life Changes ·6 takes ·Jun 24

Ruto pledges Sh2bn for protest victims, then the exclusions trigger fresh protests

A KNCHR reparations framework verifies over 1,000 victims of 2017-2025 state violence, but bars looting and 'ordinary criminal' victims and withholds the names, drawing daily picketing

Whose Money ·12 takes ·Jun 24

A cancelled NEET exam spawns the 'Cockroach' Gen-Z revolt against Modi's government

The NTA scraps the 2.27-million-candidate medical entrance after a paper leak; a satirical youth movement demanding the education minister's resignation gains 22 million followers in a month

How Life Changes ·16 takes ·Jun 24

A Gen Z uprising and a mutinous army unit topple Rajoelina in Madagascar

CAPSAT, the unit that made Rajoelina in 2009, switches sides; Col. Randrianirina takes power, AU suspends the island, elections promised for 2027

What Broke ·9 takes ·Jun 24