Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1243 EAT on Monday 1 December 2025 Flooding and landslides have killed at least 954 people across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia in recent days, following a series of powerful tropical storms. Emergency crews are working to reach isolated communities and deliver assistance to the thousands displaced…
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Over 50 Killed in Sri Lanka Floods Amid Ongoing Rescue Operations
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1515 EAT on Friday 28 November 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah have claimed at least 56 lives across Sri Lanka, authorities reported Friday, as torrential rains and flash floods battered large parts of the island. The storm made landfall early Friday, dumping more than 300 mm…
Sri Lanka swears Dinesh Gunawardena in as new prime minister.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1535 EAT on Friday 22nd July 2022. Dinesh Gunawardena has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister, just hours after soldiers and police cleared an ant-government protest site in Colombo. Gunawardena, a veteran member of the ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front and an ally of the Rajapaksa political family,…
Protestors storm presidential palace in Sri Lanka
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1734 EAT on Sunday 10th July 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister said he is willing to resign, hours after thousands of protesters stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo Saturday amid mounting public outrage over a months-long economic crisis. The president was taken to a safe location…
Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens
Updated 0306 GMT (1106 HKT) June 28, 2022 A member of the Sri Lankan security personnel stands guard outside a fuel station that ran out of gasoline in Colombo on June 27. Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for…
IMF Approves $18 B in 50 requests for Emergency Pandemic Aid; Uganda, Kenya get $ 1.23 B.
By E. K Benj. The International Monetary Fund has approved requests for emergency pandemic aid from 50 of its 189 members for a total of about $18 billion and is continuing to work quickly through the remaining more than 50 requests, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday. The IMF’s executive board was working through requests…
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