Year in Review: 12 pictures that captured key moments in 2022
As part of our Year in Review, we take a look at how photographers captured some of the key moments of 2022…
Worker rights: Qatar risks own goal with World Cup
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the ongoing controversy over worker rights in Qatar which from Sunday hosts the World Cup…
Families in Sri Lanka yearn for answers on relatives who disappeared in civil war
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka Reuters Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags and burning torches. During a brutal 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and a militant group, the […]
Serious debt crisis unfolding across developing countries – UNDP
London Reuters The United Nations’ Development Programme joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world. In a new report, the UNDP estimated that 54 countries, accounting for more than half of the world’s poorest people, now needed […]
Postcards: Sri Lanka’s crisis pushes war-shattered Tamils to the brink
JEEVAN RAVINDRAN, of Reuters, reports on the ongoing struggle of Sri Lanka’s Tamils…
Sri Lankan court summons ex-President over 2019 bombings
Colombo, Sri Lanka AP A Sri Lankan court issued a summons on Friday ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people. The court ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena to appear on 14th October in a complaint filed by a Catholic priest […]
No kerosene, no food, Sri Lanka’s fishermen say
Mannar, Sri LankaReuters As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country’s north-western coast, the start of the day’s work. But many other fishermen in the community are unable to go […]
No fuel, no hope: Sri Lankans flee crisis in mass brain drain
DIMUTHU ATTANAYAKE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the cost of living crisis is fuelling the exodus of Sri Lankan professionals…
“Pure desperation”: The high price of a Sri Lankan family’s bid to flee crisis
ALASDAIR PAL and SANTHUSH FERNANDO, of Reuters, report on the story one family among hundreds of Sri Lankans who attempted to escape an unprecedented economic meltdown in Sri Lanka by boarding fishing boats bound for Australia…
Sri Lanka’s new President says non-violent protests can continue after crackdown
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lanka’s new President Ranil Wickremesinghe told diplomats this week that non-violent protests against his government will be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his office said in a statement on Sunday. In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, hundreds of security personnel dismantled part of an anti-government protest camp […]