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The Maldives is naturally predisposed towards being decentralised. Geographically dispersed, with spoken language in different dialects and with communities themselves being somewhat independent. The lure, and illusion, of development stems...
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Almost 14 years ago, on 29 September 2007, the Maldives experienced its first terror attack in recent times, when a home made IED exploded in the Sultan Park of the...
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The isolation, lockdowns and the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic will reverberate throughout the country generating nation wide psychological trauma. The repercussions of uncertainty, fear and frustration are...
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The Speaker of parliament, and the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed was the target of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which was set off at 2027hrs,...
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With the recent failures of the Maldives' intelligence departments in preventing the explosion of an Improvised Explosive Device on 6 May, targeting the Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed, the public...
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Over the past 4 decades, global economic recessions and other economic downturns have imposed a number of complex, interrelated and severe consequences on the Maldivian economy. On each occasion, the...
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Parliament publishes MMPRC corruption Report
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On 11 May, the Maldives reported 1,501 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of cases to 38,520. With cases surging, health care facilities are overwhelmed with 80 percent...
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In December 2019 the world was unprepared as a deadly viral outbreak began in Wuhan, China. From then on the Novel Coronavirus, designated COVID-19, has gone on to infect millions...
