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COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president of the debt-ridden country ...
There are 38 candidates in the fray. Sri Lanka's system allows voters to cast three preferential votes for their chosen candidates, with the candidate securing 50% of the votes or more declared ...
About 17 million of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are eligible to vote in the first election since protests against the economic hardships in 2022 forced then president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee ...
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [4] [5] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake [a] (born 24 November 1968), commonly referred to by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the tenth president of Sri Lanka since 2024. [1] [2] He is the current party leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the National People's Power.
Date. 17–26 March 2021. Venue. Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam (lying-in-state) Jamhuri Stadium, Dodoma (state funeral) John Magufuli, the 5th President of Tanzania, died on 17 March 2021 following a prolonged illness. He was the first Tanzanian president to die in office. Prior to his death, rumours speculated that he had contracted COVID-19 ...
Sri Lanka's presidential candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Wednesday, 48 hours before the election, pledging to fix the island country's ailing economy that is struggling to recover from ...
Details. Samia Suluhu made her first state Visit to Uganda. She made a one-day state visit to meet Yoweri Museveni and the various stakeholders in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. The Final Investment Decision agreement for the EACOP Tripartite project was signed. [2][3] Kenya. Nairobi. 4 May - 5 May.