Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns after weeks of major protests over an economic crisis that has cut off basic services.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after weeks of major protests over an economic crisis that has cut off basic services.The government imposed a state of emergency as protests in Sri Lanka escalated in the past week
Dozens of protesters have been admitted to hospital after being attacked by pro-government supportersHis brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is refusing to stand down despite calls from demonstrators.Pro-government groups have attacked protesters leading to dozens being admitted to hospital. Sri Lankans have faced months of power outages and acute food, fuel and medicine shortages as the country cannot import supplies because of its huge foreign debts.He was also president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015 when he ended the country's 26-year civil war between the Sinhalese government and the separatist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Both sides have been accused of war crimes and Mr Rajapaksa faced criticism for how he won the conflict, with 40,000 Tamil civilians alleged to have been killed by government forces in the final weeks of fighting.
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