evidence: While the eyes of the world were focused largely on the war in Ukraine and its repercussions, attention shifted briefly to Sri Lanka in April, where a situation that had been simmering for many years came to the boil. Popular protests that became known as the "Aragalaya" or Struggle of the People erupted in major cities throughout the country as protesters unified around the call "Gota Go Home", demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after months of skyrocketing prices and shortages of fuel, cooking gas, medicines and food. Public transport collapsed, schools were forced to close and the population was confronted with lengthy power cuts. [...] The shortages and increasing prices of fuel mean that irrigation pumps and rice mills cannot function, produce cannot be transported and many small-scale fishermen are unable to continue their normal activities. According to the World Food Program, over a quarter of the 22 million Sri Lankans are now food insecure; many are dependent on food banks, with food inflation standing at 90% in June 2022. And it is feared that the food crisis will escalate further as the war in Ukraine leads to further price increases for fuel, pesticides and fertiliser.