Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country.

The South Asian Island country, Sri Lanka heads to the polls to elect its 10th president! This marks the country's first election since catastrophic 2022 economic crisis that saw the country default on its loans.

Scarred by a decades-long civil war and struggling to survive in Sri Lanka's crippled economy, ethnic minority Tamils in the island nation say they have little hope that Saturday's presidential election will improve their lot by much.