The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister. That's according to an immigration
Sri Lanka's embattled president flew out of his country early Wednesday, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests over the island nation's worst-ever economic crisis.
By Heather Chen, CNN Angry protesters who stormed the official residences of Sri Lanka’s President have forced him to flee the country, but his sudden departure has plunged the South Asian state deeper into crisis.
Sri Lanka’s president has fled the country without stepping down, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership trained their
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in
Sri Lanka’s president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in protesters converging on the presidential palace.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The president of Sri Lanka fled the country, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in the middle of the night Wednesday just hours before he was to step down amid a devastating economic crisis.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is appointed as the crisis-hit country's acting president, hours after embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country for the Maldives. Follow live updates.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already agreed to resign. Protesters had stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife fled Sri Lanka for the Maldives hours before he was due to resign. Rajapaksa was the last of six members of the family to cling to power before his fall from grace.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, protesters angered by an economic meltdown overran the interim leader’s offices, and it was unclear who, if anyone, was in charge.
NPR speaks with Ahilan Kadirgamar, a political economist and senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, about the president of Sri Lanka, who has fled the country.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s flight brings an end to the rule of his powerful family, which has dominated politics in the South Asian nation for the last two decades.
Hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to enter and occupy the president's house amid an ongoing economic crisis. The President is set to resign on Wednesday, but no one has heard from him or seen him in days.
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