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Hundreds of Palestinians died in the recent past while trying to obtain food in the Gaza strip. Al Jazeera, in a 05 July, ...
Sri Lanka's former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, gestures after taking oath as its prime minister toward his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, during a ceremony in Colombo on Nov. 21, 2019.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, the eldest of the Rajapaksa brothers, who have held a number of top government roles, served first as prime minister and then as a two-term president.
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s exit marks a watershed moment for a powerful dynasty that dominated Sri Lankan politics for years and returned triumphantly to power in 2019. Advertisement.
Even though Mahinda Rajapaksa was adored by the country’s majority Buddhist Sinhalese for defeating the ethnic Tamil separatists after a 26-year bloody civil war, allegations of human rights ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, with his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto/Getty Images And while the good times were rolling, despite gripes about ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa previously led the country from 2009-2014. Mahinda Rajapaksa previously led the country from 2009-2014. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe. Sections.
Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat to opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena in the country’s presidential election, prime minister-designate Ranil Wickremesinghe tells CNN ...
Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the prime minister for the fourth time after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that cemented ...
That victory gave Mahinda Rajapaksa an almost inexhaustible well of political capital to draw on and he would go on to enjoy a 10-year grip on power during which he was venerated by Sri Lanka’s ...
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