Following Sri Lanka’s longest power blackout ever recorded, enraged protestors tried to storm the president’s house in Colombo yesterday. Unidentified activists had called for a rally against the president and his family on social media. One resident who lives nearby told AFP he cannot return home because his area is barricaded. The resident said the protestors are “shouting for the president and his family to step down”. This news comes after several essential services in Sri Lanka were impacted by the blackout, and shortages on essential items. State-run hospitals stopped conducting surgeries because they ran out of life-saving medicines. Diesel […]
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