Nepal (International Christian Concern) — Newly appointed Prime Minister Sushila Karki, serving her first week on the job, promised on Sunday to facilitate elections in early 2026 and relinquish power to an elected successor. Karki, who previously served as the country’s first female chief justice and is now the first female prime minister, was endorsed by protest leaders after crowdsourced coordination online. Youth-led protests erupted across Kathmandu and several other Nepali cities in early September after the government imposed a ban on 26 social media platforms, citing their failure to comply with new regulations.