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Residents of Udugama wade through flood waters on 27 May 2017, a day after 550mm of rain forced a nearby river to burst its banks

Sri Lanka disaster authorities failed to issue early warnings for storm that killed 202 people

31 May 2017

Days of floods and landslides show that Sri Lanka needs to boost disaster preparedness

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UPDATED: Drought may leave 80,000 Sri Lankans in need of “life-saving” food aid
6 March 2017
The drought situation in Sri Lanka is worse than previously feared as failed rice harvests compound desperate food insecurity
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How ready are Indian Ocean nations for the next big tsunami?
7 September 2016
Twenty-four countries are participating in an exercise to evaluate the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system, set up after the devastating 2004 disaster. Can it prevent...

After devastating floods and landslides, Sri Lanka plans new building code
26 May 2016 News
The mini-tsunami
2 March 2016 Maps and Graphics
Sent back by Australia to debt in Sri Lanka
18 February 2016 Feature

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Sri Lanka war crimes in spotlight
9 February 2016
Sri Lanka's president is unlikely to cave in to pressure for international participation in a war crimes tribunal, but is a compromise possible?
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Ex-Tamil Tigers go jobless in Sri Lanka
18 January 2016
Almost seven years after the end of Sri Lanka's decades-long civil war, the majority of former Tamil Tiger rebels are struggling to find jobs despite...
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Sri Lanka’s torture machine
6 January 2016
Sri Lanka’s new government has been lauded for efforts at reconciliation after a devastating civil war. Yet, civilians are still being abducted, tortured and sexually...
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Sri Lanka’s plan to harness floods
7 December 2015
As delegates in Paris search for new ways to mitigate the effects of climate change, an innovative scheme that does exactly that is in the...
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Hospitals and war crimes
7 October 2015
Médecins Sans Frontières says the bombing of its hospital in Kunduz by a US warplane was a war crime. The four separate enquiries* that have...
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Disabled by war, forgotten in peace
16 September 2015
Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war ended six years ago, but it’s not over for many victims who suffered permanent injuries during the conflict. Government soldiers...

Will UN report bring justice for Sri Lanka war victims?
2 September 2015 Analysis
On World Humanitarian Day, a new idea to protect aid workers
18 August 2015 Analysis
Sri Lanka returns land confiscated by military during decades-long war
19 June 2015 News
Help at last for Sri Lanka war widows
13 May 2015 Feature
Killing us softly
27 March 2015 Analysis
Scale of Vanuatu cyclone disaster complicates aid response
16 March 2015 News

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