Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency as protesters continue to express mounting anger over a crippling economic crisis.
The president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives on a military jet hours before he promised to resign on Wednesday, following days of protesters storming government offices over a crippling economic crisis.
The air force confirmed that Rajapaksa, his wife and two security guards boarded a military aircraft in the early hours of Wednesday morning and arrived in the Maldives at 3am.
