<p>The civil war in Sri Lanka has finally ended after about 26 years of brutal fighting.</p>
<p>Now the Sri Lankan government and other forces are focusing on how to help the thousands of displaced refugees. </p>
<p>[PRI.ORG</a> | Sri Lanka declares end to civil war](<a href=“http://www.pri.org/world/asia/sri-lanka-end-civil-war1388.html]PRI.ORG”>http://www.pri.org/world/asia/sri-lanka-end-civil-war1388.html)</p>
<p>The situation in Sri Lanka has been a huge story here in Toronto for the past several weeks. Toronto has the largest concentration of Sri Lankans outside of Sri Lanka. There have been protests outside the U.S. consulate, and marches through the streets of tens of thousands of Sri Lankans. Today there is another large gathering but the signs are gone, and rather than orange they are all dressed in black to mourn the family members who have been lost. It has created a lot of controversy in the city amongst those who didn’t like their rush hour drive home being affected, which I suppose is a typical reaction of most North Americans who are far removed from this type of very difficult situation.</p>
<p>I’m just glad that the war is over. I think now the country is looking towards rebuilding itself.</p>
<p>It’s upsetting that it has not garnered enough attention from the international community. If more countries were willing to disrupt the situation the war would have ended sooner.</p>