Sri Lanka PM declares state of emergency, curfew

AFP

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in his role as the acting president.

"The prime minister as acting president has declared a state of emergency (countrywide) and imposed a curfew in the western province," Wickremesinghe's media secretary, Dinouk Colombage, told Reuters.

The curfew comes into effect immediately.

It comes after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, leading to more protests amid an economic crisis.

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