Sri Lanka Experiences Islandwide Power Outage

• Sri Lanka experienced an islandwide power outage with an unclear immediate cause.
• A failure at a hydropower station in the central hill country may have contributed to the outage.
• Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission reports persistent militarization in Tamil-majority areas 17 years after the civil war.
• The government is investigating the cause of the power outage.
• Militarization remains a significant issue in the north and east of the country.