Sri Lanka
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Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka call for president to resign – video
Demonstrators flooded the streets of Colombo on Saturday as pressure mounted on the president, Gotabaya Rajapa…
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‘We’re finished’: Sri Lankans pushed to the brink by financial crisis
Thousands take to the streets to call for the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa As thousands of angr…
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Sri Lanka facing imminent threat of starvation, senior politician warns
Speaker tells parliament ‘there will be very acute food shortages’ and economic crisis is ‘just the beginning’…
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Sri Lanka facing imminent threat of starvation, senior politician warns
Speaker tells parliament ‘there will be very acute food shortages’ and economic crisis is ‘just the beginning’…
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Why are people protesting in Sri Lanka?
Explainer: Anger over the economic crisis and the government’s handling of the situation has led to unrestSri …
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Why are people protesting in Sri Lanka?
Explainer: government accused of mishandling economic crisis and overseeing rampant corruptionSri Lanka facing…
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The Guardian view on strongmen and straw men: south Asian crises over Russia’s war | Editorial
It may be a conceit to think that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will shape the contours of a coming wider globa…
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Sri Lanka faces medical emergency as economic crisis hits drug supplies
Union warns of complete breakdown of health system with hospitals ‘all running out of medicines’Sri Lanka’s ec…
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Sri Lanka police use teargas at protests over economic crisis – video
Sri Lankan police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters as they called for the president, Gotabaya…
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet resigns as protesters’ anger grows over economic crisis
All 26 cabinet ministers aside from the president and the prime minister quit as unrest over the country’s wor…
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Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew after social media ban
State of emergency imposed on Friday as country faces severe shortages of food, fuel and other essentialsArmed…
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Sri Lanka president declares public emergency after protests against economic crisis
Declaration comes after hundreds of protesters clashed with police and the military Sri Lankan president Gotab…
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Sri Lanka: 50 injured as protesters try to storm president’s house amid economic crisis
Curfew lifted a day after 45 people were arrested when an angry crowd demanded the resignation of Gotabaya Raj…
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Tamils fear prison and torture in Sri Lanka, 13 years after civil war ended
The threat of a bullet in the leg or having his fingernails ripped off was the ordeal faced by one manThe sun …
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Sri Lanka cancels school exams over paper shortage as financial crisis bites
Colombo unable to fund import of printing paper, leaving millions of students unable to take part in term asse…