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On Easter Sunday in 2019, a series of bomb blasts at churches and luxury hotels rocked Sri Lanka, killing 269 people. Authorities blamed members of the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, a local Islamic State-affiliated terrorist group. A few months later, Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the South Asian island...

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The World Briefly

September 05, 2022

The Prodigal Son

Sri Lanka

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka over the weekend, less than two months after he fled the country following mass protests over the nation’s collapsing economy, Voice of America reported. Rajapaksa returned to the capital Colombo from Thailand, where he had been...

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The World Briefly

July 22, 2022

The New King

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president, taking the reins of a country plagued with a deep economic crisis that has sparked massive social unrest, including demands for his resignation, France 24 reported. Wickremesinghe took office a day after Sri Lankan...

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Need to Know

July 19, 2022

The Widening Sinkhole

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was once a war hero, known for crushing the Tamil Tigers and putting an end to a brutal 26-year civil war and setting a course to make the country another Asian Tiger. But last week, he was forced to escape the...

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The World Briefly

July 15, 2022

Spiraling

Sri Lanka

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned Thursday after being forced to flee the island because of a civilian uproar over the collapsing economy, Nikkei Asia reported. Earlier this week, Rajapaksa announced he would resign Wednesday after thousands of protesters breached his residence over the weekend in protests against...

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The World Briefly

July 14, 2022

When the Street Roars

Sri Lanka

Enraged Sri Lankan protesters stormed the prime minister’s residence after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country Wednesday, the day he was set to officially resign following months of anti-government demonstrations over Sri Lanka’s dire economic situation, CNN reported. He had announced over the weekend...

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The World Briefly

July 11, 2022

Cleaning House

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to resign after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence over the weekend amid ongoing public unrest over the country’s collapsing economy, the Wall Street Journal reported. Parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said Saturday the president intends to step down...

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The World Briefly

June 23, 2022

Capsized

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s economy has “completely collapse,” according to the country’s prime minister, who warned that the South Asian island is in such a dire state it cannot pay for essential oil imports, Sky News reported Wednesday. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament Wednesday that the country...

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The World Briefly

May 10, 2022

Appeasement, Failed

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday amid ongoing mass protests that have gripped the country over the worst economic crisis seen since gaining independence from Britain in 1948, BBC reported. Rajapaksa handed in his resignation to his president – and brother – Gotabaya, saying...

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Need to Know

April 26, 2022

Desperate, and Cursed

Sri Lanka

Schoolteacher Agnes Felician has been protesting lately against the policies of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. But she also took to the streets recently to demand justice for the estimated 270 people who died when bombers attacked three churches and numerous hotels in the country in 2019. Since...

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The World Briefly

April 13, 2022

Priorities

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt Tuesday amid an economic crisis that has prompted mass demonstrations demanding the government’s resignation, Agence France-Presse reported. The suspension of payments marks the country’s first default since Sri Lanka became independent in 1948. Officials said that the...

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The World Briefly

April 05, 2022

Abandoning Ship

Sri Lanka

Several Sri Lankan ministers and officials resigned Monday following ongoing mass demonstrations as the country experiences its worst economic crisis in decades, CNN reported. The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Youth and Sports – the latter who is also President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s nephew –...

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The World Briefly

March 18, 2022

A Slow Spiral

Sri Lanka

Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets of the capital, Colombo, this week to protest against the government’s handling of the economy, as the country faces a deepening economic crisis and potential debt default, the Financial Times reported. Sri Lanka has for months faced a...

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