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SRI LANKA: Former IDPs want more than leaking shacks
KILINOCHCHI, – Standing outside her battle-scarred home in northern Sri Lanka, Thangeswary Karuppaiyah dreams of one day rebuilding it. “I hope it’s soon. That’s what we are waiting for,” said the...
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Beating wild weather
COLOMBO, - Planners in Sri Lanka should do more to mitigate the effects of extreme weather in order to help those most likely to be affected, experts say. According to Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management...
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Rising Muslim-Buddhist tensions
COLOMBO, - An increasing number of Muslim Sri Lankans, who make up around 9 percent of the population, are feeling uneasy amid fears of growing sectarian tensions, say local people and observers. “We...
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Female-headed households’s Bleak future
Photo: Dominic Sansoni/World Bank Women need more support to stand on their own COLOMBO, - Four years after the end of a 26-year civil war and with donor assistance dwindling, tens of thousands of...
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The dilemma of Sri Lanka’s returnees
Photo: Contributor/IRIN Thousands of returnees don’t have IDs COLOMBO, - Close to 100,000 returnees in Sri Lanka’s north lack national identity cards (NICs), more than four years after the end of the...
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Irrigation boost from ancient reservoirs? Prospects in Sri Lanka
Photo: Amantha Perera/IRIN Inland fishermen working in the Kala Weva, an 18sqkm tank built in 400 BC in North Central Province COLOMBO, – One way Sri Lanka can better manage its water resources in the...
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They voted in TNA – now what?
Photo: Contributor/IRIN Despite widespread criticism, the ruling party still won 18 percent of the vote HIGHLIGHTS Tamil National Alliance to challenge power limits Governor holds power in new...
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Marginalization and sexual abuse of women: Who is to blame for their pain,...
Photo: Dominic Sansoni/World Bank Who is to blame for their pain? And who can fix it? COLOMBO, - A UK-rights group has accused the Sri Lankan government of failing to address the marginalization and...
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Sri Lanka: Subair and his family call their home of more than 20 years...
Photo: Contributor/IRIN Subair and his family call their home of more than 20 years “temporary” COLOMBO/BATTICALOA, - Years after fighting ended in Sri Lanka – up to more than 20 years for some – tens...
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