Euronews and IFRC: Silent Disasters in Sri Lanka

As part of its partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Euronews continues to do great work highlighting some of the disasters that have a massive effect on vulnerable people, but which have slipped off of the media radar. This week, the programme goes to Sri Lanka to discover the post-civil war rebuilding and reconciliation processes.

The Northern Sri Lankan city of Kilinochchi acted as the de-facto capital for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for more than a decade. In November 2008 the Sri Lankan army launched sustained attacks on the town from three directions.

This is the third episode in a series which has previously investigated the hidden emergencies in Mongolia and Liberia.

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