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The Sri Lanka Guardian is a digital news platform that was established in August 2007 by a dedicated group of Sri Lankan citizens, which includes journalists, activists, scholars, and former government officials. Today, this portal features contributions from more than a hundred regular writers from across the globe.

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Dragon Boats Unite China and Sri Lanka

3 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Albert Han

The 2025 Dragon Boat Festival China–Sri Lanka Friendship Cup Dragon Boat Championship was held recently in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. The event was attended by Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Youth and Sports S.K. Gamage, and Rear Admiral H.N.S. Perera, President of the National Association for Canoeing and Kayaking in Sri Lanka. Awards were presented to the winners during the ceremony.
Hundreds of Millions Are Dying of Hunger

4 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Vijay Prashad

Point no. 1: 733 million people faced chronic hunger in 2023, according to studies from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Food Programme, World Health Organisation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, and United Nations Children’s Fund. Point no. 2: The world’s farmers and agribusinesses produced 11 billion metric tonnes of food (including meat, fish, and 9.6 billion metric tonnes of primary crops – such as maize, rice, and wheat) in 2022, as the FAO reports. Point no.
Noboa’s Rise: Ecuador’s New Power Play in Ecuador

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Pilar Fernandez |Pilar Fernández

On 10 May 2025, the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council proclaimed Daniel Noboa the winner of the presidential elections held on 13 April. The announcement was made amid allegations of fraud, electoral irregularities, and growing authoritarianism. This re-election represents the continuation and deepening of a neoliberal and militarised model that has exacerbated the economic crisis, violence, and poverty in the country.
How the International Monetary Fund Underdevelops Africa

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Vijay Prashad

At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week’s newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for decades, which has severely disrupted any possibility of economic growth and financial stability.
Trump Echoes Moscow on Ukraine Talks

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Fyodor Lukyanov

The recent conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has clarified the emerging diplomatic structure around Ukraine. What we are witnessing resembles the first reading of a play – the distribution of roles in what may become the next act of the conflict’s evolution.
Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Vijay Prashad

In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would ‘capture’ Gaza and remove its Palestinian population ‘to protect it’. To achieve this policy of annexation of Gaza, the Israelis tightened their siege by preventing the entry of food, water, electricity, and other humanitarian aid (they had already enforced a blockade of aid since 2 March 2025).
Sindoor Strike: India’s Counterterror Pivot

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Pooja Kapoor

In the aftermath of the brutal, horrific, and religiously motivated murders of 26 defenceless civilians in Pahalgam by The Resistance Front (TRF), a division of the Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT), a UN-designated terrorist organization, PM Narendra Modi made it clear at a public rally in Bihar on April 24 that he intended to exact revenge on both the terrorist strike’s perpetrators and their supporters.
The Kashmir Dilemma

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Skeptics say a ceasefire means no more than postponing a return to war. Even so, there is reason for a frazzled world to exhale now that India and Pakistan have called time on days of intensifying military conflict. Last week, for the first time in half a century, the nuclear-armed neighbors struck deep into each other’s territory, launching drones and ballistic missiles that reached densely populated cities with adjacent military bases.
Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Vijay Prashad

In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78% of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,00 people) from their villages and towns. This act disregarded United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947), which called for the termination of the colonial British Mandate and the partition of Palestine into a Palestinian and a Jewish state. This process came to be known as the Nakba (Catastrophe).
The West is dismantling the foundations of 1945

1 month ago | slguardian.org | Fyodor Lukyanov

Eighty years is a long time. Over such a span, the world changes almost beyond recognition, and events that once felt close fade into legend. Yet while history may become distant, its imprint remains. The Second World War created a political order that shaped global affairs for decades – an order many assumed was permanent. But today, the world is shifting rapidly and irreversibly.