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Today marks 446 days since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Maldives. Recent statistics indicate the spread of cases across the country at an alarming rate. Authorities...
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President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on 19 May appointed Abbas Faiz, a British national who previously worked as an advisor to Amnesty International, as Special Envoy to the Government of Maldives...
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The cold blooded murder of Dr. Afraasheem Ali was orchestrated and carried out nearly ten years ago, in 2012. The kidnapping, and murder, of journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah was carried...
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The Maldives embraced a new Constitution in August 2008 and held its first multi-party presidential elections under the new constitution the same year. Mohamed Nasheed became the first democratically elected...
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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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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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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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Parliament publishes MMPRC corruption Report