New Interim Leader Named In Nepal

<h4>New Interim Leader Named In Nepal<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that Sushila Karki&comma; a former chief justice&comma; will become the first woman to lead Nepal&comma; to be sworn in as interim leader later on Friday after violent anti-graft protests forced Prime Minister K&period;P&period; Sharma Oli to resign&comma; the president&&num;8217&semi;s office said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Ramchandra Paudel&&num;8217&semi;s office announced Karki&&num;8217&semi;s appointment following negotiations between Paudel&comma; army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel and the protesters who led Nepal&&num;8217&semi;s worst upheaval in years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fifty-one people were killed and more than 1&comma;300 injured this week in the anti-graft protests by the &&num;8216&semi;Gen Z&&num;8217&semi; movement&comma; named for the age of its mainly young supporters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The protest was sparked by a social media ban that has since been rolled back&period; The violence subsided only after Oli resigned on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Karki&comma; 73&comma; would take the oath of office at 9&colon;15 p&period;m&period; local time &lpar;1530 GMT&rpar;&comma; said Archana Khadka Adhikari&comma; information officer at the president&&num;8217&semi;s office&period; Two other ministers would also be sworn in along with her&comma; local TV channels reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;30286" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-30286" style&equals;"width&colon; 259px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-30286" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;download-9&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"New Interim Leader Named In Nepal " width&equals;"259" height&equals;"194" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-30286" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Crises in NEPAL<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The only woman to have served as chief justice&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Karki<&sol;a> was the preferred choice of the protesters who cite her reputation for honesty and integrity and a stance against corruption&period; She held the top judicial post for about a year until mid-2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The unrest began Monday as a self-styled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Gen Z protest” against corruption&comma; nepotism and restrictions on social media&period; It quickly escalated after security forces opened fire on the crowds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>By Tuesday&comma; protesters had stormed and torched parliament&comma; the Supreme Court and multiple government offices&comma; including Singha Durbar – the central administrative complex&period; Homes of political leaders were attacked&comma; police stations overrun&comma; and Tribhuvan International Airport briefly closed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; media outlets and schools were set on fire&comma; while the Ministry of Health and Population was also destroyed&comma; including the National Health Emergency Operation Centre&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;