Sri Lanka president warns country faces 'great danger' as crisis drags on

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Tens of thousands of people overran Rajapaksa's official residence last month over acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines. Sri Lanka was considered a prosperous middle-income country before defaulting for the first time on its foreign debt of US$51 billion. Wickremesinghe has been leading talks with the International Monetary Fund to secure a four-year bailout program.

2 months ago·Colombo, Sri Lanka

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