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Kenya's Gen Z protests

Youth led protests have erupted again in Kenya with many young Kenyans angry at the lack of good job opportunities in the country, more than 30 people died in the demonstrations.

Pascale Harter introduces stories from Kenya, China, Australia and Peru.

Youth led protests erupted again in Kenya this week, with many young Kenyans angry at the lack of good job opportunities in the country - more than 30 people diedin the demonstrations, and over 500 were arrested. Anne Soy has been following the story in Nairobi.

Sichuan province in China is home to a long-standing Tibetan resistance movement. While Beijing views Tibet as an integral part of China – the allegiances of many Tibetans living in China lie with its exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama - voicing support for him can lead to arrest or prison. Laura Bicker visited the town of Aba, where she met monks practicing their faith under heavy surveillance.

The small Australian town of Morwell will be returning to some form of normality this week, following the conclusion of the trial of Erin Patterson who was found guilty of murdering three of her relatives and attempting to kill another after serving them Beef Wellington laced with toxic death cap mushrooms. Katy Watson reflects on how the town was transformed by the visiting media circus.

And finally, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Budapest correspondent Nick Thorpe recently had a change of scene, venturing to South America and the high Andes of Peru, where he travelled on a donkey through the Cordillera Blanca range, past lakes and waterfalls – and rapidly disappearing glaciers.

Image: Protesters chant during Saba Saba Day demonstrations in the outskirts of Nairobi. (Photo by Michel Lunanga/Getty Images)

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