Sri Lanka anti-government protests continue despite curfew

Sri Lankan troops stand guard outside the former prime minister’s residence a day after clashes between government supporters and anti-government protesters in Colombo (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

A few hundred protesters defied a nationwide curfew to continue to shout slogans against the Sri Lankan government – a day after violent clashes saw the prime minister resign.

Mahinda Rajapaksa stood down after being blamed alongside his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President, for leading the country to its worst economic crisis in decades.