Frustrated Gen Z on the rise

A baton-wielding police officer confronting two demonstrators during a protest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. — Brian Otieno/The New York Times

FIRST Kenya, then Madagascar and now Morocco. A wave of protests under the banner of Gen Z has swept through parts of Africa.

Demonstrators have stormed parliament buildings. Security forces have killed and injured hundreds, and in Madagascar the president fell from power last month.