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9 May 2022

Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigns after weeks of protests

Chief Correspondent

The country’s known nothing like it since the end of the civil war. Mobs attacking each other on the streets.

The homes of the prime minister and other politicians burned to the ground.

Today, after weeks of protest, matters came to a head and Sri Lanka’s beleaguered Prime Minister resigned with the country a political tinder box.