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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka gets Russian oil to ease shortages

May 28, 2022

Demonstrators and government supporters clash outside the official residence of Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in Colombo on May 9, 2022. – Sri Lankan police imposed a curfew on May 9 after clashes between rival political camps, as anger builds over the island’s worst economic crisis since independence. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Dozens injured as Sri Lanka government supporters run riot

May 9, 2022

Downtown Colombo As Sri Lanka Has Been Thrust Into Uncertainty

Sri Lankan prime minister heckled by protesters as crisis deepens

May 8, 2022

Riot police use tear gas to disperse university students during a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s crippling economic crisis, near the parliament building in Colombo on May 5, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

National strike in Sri Lanka to demand government step down

May 6, 2022

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Blasts cut power to millions in Afghanistan ahead of Eid

April 30, 2022

Protestors participate in an ongoing anti-government demonstration outside the President’s office in Colombo on April 28, 2022, following a one-day general strike called by trade unions in support of calls for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign over the worsening economic crisis. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Strike cripples Sri Lanka as president faces new pressure

April 28, 2022

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Report: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to sell long-term ‘golden’ visas

April 26, 2022

University students protest outside the residence of Sri Lanka’s prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa during a demonstration over the country’s crippling economic crisis in Colombo on April 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Sri Lanka shares plunge as Buddhist leaders ask government to resign

April 25, 2022

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Sri Lanka doctors warn of ‘catastrophic deaths’ amid shortages

April 11, 2022

People angered by economic crisis protest in Colombo

Sri Lanka imposes curfew, lawyers urge end to state of emergency

April 2, 2022

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has raised alarm over rising cases of insecurity and vandalism in the territory. Abuja

Load shedding: FCT residents decry inequitable power distribution, task DisCo on fairness

March 27, 2022

Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, says mitigation measures to avoid recurrence of national grid collapse are being implemented.

Minister: Measures to end blackouts being implemented

March 20, 2022

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) to pay a whistleblower, Sambo Abdullahi, all his salaries and other emoluments from December 22, 2017, till date.

Blackout: Nigerian government directs NBET to negotiate with Agip Oil on energy supply

March 19, 2022

Abubakar Aliyu, minister of power, says mitigation measures to avoid recurrence of national grid collapse are being implemented.

Minister: Measures in place to avoid recurrence of national grid collapse

March 19, 2022

Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu, gave the directive while receiving the consultants and contractors of Messrs; CNEEC-Sinohydro consortium for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the 700MW Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project who paid him a courtesy call in his office on Friday.

Blackout: Emergency measures restored power supply – minister

March 19, 2022