Tag: Lanka
Sri Lanka: crash into malnutrition
Status: 03.12.2022 03:23 Sri Lanka is experiencing an economic crisis unprecedented in the country’s history. More than a third of the population now has hardly enough food. But international aid…
The cry of alarm of Véronique Piaser-Moyen, who adopted a stolen baby in Sri Lanka without knowing it
“They knew and they let us go,” protests Véronique Piaser-Moyen today. In 1985, she traveled to Sri Lanka with her husband to adopt their daughter Titania. 33 years later, the…
Sri Lanka: Ex-President Rajapaksa returned from exile
Status: 03.09.2022 1:16 p.m Mass protests forced Sri Lanka’s head of state, Rajapaksa, to flee abroad in July. Now he has returned. This threatens the island state with new tensions.…
India fears spy attack: Sri Lanka allows Chinese spy ship to dock
India fears spy attack Sri Lanka allows Chinese spy ship to dock 08/14/2022 03:01 am Beijing is one of Sri Lanka’s largest lenders. The island state is now allowing a…
Crisis state: protests in Sri Lanka abate
crisis state Protests in Sri Lanka die down Protesters from trade unions, civil society and the Left People’s Liberation Front during a demonstration in Colombo. photo © Eranga Jayawardena/AP/dpa They…
Crisis country: protest in Sri Lanka against state of emergency
crisis country Protest in Sri Lanka against state of emergency Demonstrators respond to a police loudspeaker announcement urging them to leave the scene of months of anti-government protests outside the…
Island nation: Great concern about food crisis in Sri Lanka
island nation Great concern over food crisis in Sri Lanka A man in Colombo with a load of imported groceries at a market. photo © Eranga Jayawardena/AP/dpa The effects of…
Sri Lanka: Police storm protest camp
Status: 07/22/2022 12:45 p.m The new President of Sri Lanka has only been in office for a short time and is taking direct action: the military and the police used…
Sri Lanka: “Wickremesinghe must create trust”
interview Status: 07/20/2022 3:29 p.m The new President Wickremesinghe now has to tackle reforms quickly, analyzes Sri Lanka expert Heinze in an interview. But that also means making unpopular decisions.…
Sri Lanka: New President of the Old Guard
Status: 07/20/2022 1:26 p.m Sri Lanka’s President Wickremesinghe is not a new beginning for the demonstrators. He doesn’t have the “mandate of the people here,” they emphasize, and don’t trust…