The new prime minister in Sri Lanka told the BBC that the country’s economic crisis, which has caused misery and unrest, is “going to get worse before it gets better.”
Fuel shortages and skyrocketing food prices have forced some Sri Lankans to skip meals.
Then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Monday, despite the country experiencing its worst political violence in weeks, killing at least five people, including an MP, and injuring nearly 200, since the anti-government protest against the economic crisis began weeks ago.
