Sri Lanka massacres stir painful memories, 40 years on Alishba Saghir Article Updated: July 27, 2023 Leave a comment Share on FacebookTweet this! Known in Sri Lanka as “Black July”, a period of ethnic violence which broke out in the country forty years ago went on to trigger a 26-year conflict that killed around 100,000 people. Post Views: 525 leave a reply Cancel reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. submit More Articles By the same author UN warns Sudan faces ‘full-scale civil war’ as air raid kills 22 Alishba Saghir Jul 9, 2023 The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are fighting against the regular army in a conflict that… US general says allies key to counter China in Pacific Alishba Saghir Jul 31, 2023 Beijing enjoys 'very clear' advantages in the region, Ryan said The United States will rely on allies… Battling drug crisis, Iraq searches for cure Alishba Saghir Jul 31, 2023 Iraq has long served as a transit country for the region's ballooning drug trade but now sees a rise… Tunisia firefighters battle forest blaze on Algeria border Alishba Saghir Jul 21, 2023 A man sprays water on burned trees near Tabarka near Tunisia's border with Algeria Firefighters in… ‘Significant threat’: Around world, doctors battle impersonators Alishba Saghir Jun 30, 2023 AFP's fact-checkers have exposed a slew of cases around the world in which fraudsters impersonated doctors… German teachers pushed out for calling out ‘far-right’ pupils Alishba Saghir Jul 29, 2023 One of the teachers said some of their colleagues at the Mina Witkojc school supported them, but others… Macron sticks with prime minister after pensions crisis, riots Alishba Saghir Jul 18, 2023 Macron sticks with prime minister after pensions crisis, riots French President Emmanuel Macron is… As climate changes, farms in US ‘Peach State’ Georgia suffer Alishba Saghir Jul 18, 2023 There is not a peach in sight this year in the orchards of Stuart Gregg, a farmer in Georgia, where… French war photographer Marie-Laure de Decker dead at 75 Alishba Saghir Jul 16, 2023 Marie-Laure de Decker photgraphed celebrities at home and conflicts abroad: seen here in 2006 in front…