Sri Lanka On Alert Ahead Of Anti-Government Rally Tomorrow
NDTV
The island nation is suffering through an unprecedented financial crisis, and its 22 million people have endured runaway inflation, prolonged blackouts, and shortages of fuel and other essential goods since the start of the year.
Thousands of heavily armed troops were deployed in Sri Lanka's capital Friday ahead of a planned rally demanding the ouster of embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The island nation is suffering through an unprecedented financial crisis, and its 22 million people have endured runaway inflation, prolonged blackouts, and shortages of fuel and other essential goods since the start of the year.
Demonstrators have for months been camped outside Rajapaksa's Colombo office to demand his resignation for economic mismanagement.
Soldiers armed with assault rifles were bussed into Colombo to reinforce police guarding Rajapaksa's official residence, which anti-government protesters have vowed to storm on Saturday.
