It has been 15 years since the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists.

With him died Sri Lanka's devastating 26-year civil war. But while Sri Lankans celebrate in the streets, a heavy challenge awaits their government. It's one thing to win a war.

Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in 2009, but ethnonationalism remains a powerful force in the country’s politics. Professor Mythri Jegathesan traces the country’s present crisis to its recent ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – For the first time since the end of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war, which pitted the country’s military against the Tamil Tigers, ordinary people were able to pay homage ...

Tamils commemorating loved ones lost or ‘disappeared’ during the civil war are still waiting for answers.

Sri Lanka's civil war ended in 2009 when government troops crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, ending their quarter-century separatist campaign.

Vijay Thanigasalam, a member of the Provincial Parliament who fled Sri Lanka during the decades-long civil war when he was a child, authored the bill (archived link).

Sri Lanka’s minority Tamil community is marking 15 years since the end of the island nation’s civil war in an emotional ceremony that proceeded despite fears that authorities could prevent its ...

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Tamil people still live in the shadow of defeat in the civil war that tore the country apart until it ended 15 years ago.

Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted Sri Lankan government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists, ended 15 years ago but many people are still searching for children or other family members who ...

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — It has been 15 years since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, which pitted government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists.

MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war.