What South Africa can do to help with reconciliation in Sri Lanka
[International Crisis Group] As South Africa knows better than most, a country cannot begin to overcome decades of internal conflict without a sustained effort at revealing the truth of the past and a committed push for reconciliation. If only Sri Lanka could learn that lesson. [Full Story]
Read MoreTamil party wins elections in Sri Lanka’s ex-war zone
[BBC] The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) took 18 out of 26 councils in what is being seen as a rare electoral setback for the government of President Rajapaksa. [Full Story]
Read MoreBlack July: Remembering the 1983 Riots in Sri Lanka
[Huffington Post] “Shoot! I am telling you, shoot! Shoot and run!”Seelan bellowed. Seelan was demanding that his childhood friend Aruna kill him and escape. Aruna saw tears in Seelan’s eyes as Aruna pointed the gun and fired. Seelan collapsed dead. [Full Story]
Read MoreSri Lanka holds local elections in northern ex-war zone
[BBC] There were disturbing breaches of electoral rules in one part of the north, and an election-related death elsewhere, monitoring groups said. [Full Story]
Read MoreTamils sceptical of development, voting in Sri Lanka’s war-weary north
[Reuters] Sri Lanka’s minority Tamils say President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s post-war development and infrastructure projects in the former war zone in the island’s north have yet to address their real concerns and have not excluded their participation. [Full Story]
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