Nepal's interim PM to hand over power within six months

Sushila Karki said the government must heed protesters' demands for "an end to corruption, good governance and economic equality".

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"I did not wish for this job. It was after voices from the streets that I was compelled to accept," Sushila Karki said, speaking for the first time since being sworn into office on Friday. She said she would hand over to the new government which will emerge after elections on 5 March next year.

Her appointment comes after more than 70 people were killed during anti-corruption protests which ousted the Nepal's government.

Karki took the oath of office after an agreement with protest leaders from the so-called "Gen Z" movement.

"We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation," she said.