Policy

Weekly COVID-19 update: 20 – 26 May

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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...

Maldives this week: 20 – 26 May

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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...

Justice delayed

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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...

Pledges: signed, sealed, undelivered

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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...

Decentralisation stalemate

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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...

Terror attack on Speaker Nasheed

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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,...