In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Alan Keenan analyses the implications of the crisis, which could have lasting political and economic effects.
What has been happening in Sri Lanka?
Protests, which had been building from late February in response to Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in nearly 75 years of independence, have now morphed into a nationwide uprising.
Protesters are demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and removal of the Rajapaksa family from politics.
The protest wave gained momentum as the…