Former President Nasheed

Maldives expects India to play a role in solving political crisis, says former president Nasheed

By Maldives Times August 26, 2017 3 min read

The opposition in the Maldives is looking to India to play a role in ending the political crisis created by President Abdulla Yameen and New Delhi has been delivering, former president Mohamed Nasheed said on Friday. Nasheed, who has lived in self-exile in Britain since last year, is in Delhi to participate in a seminar […]

Who will contest in the 2018 Maldives election?

By Marco Robinson April 24, 2017 5 min read

The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 12th April 2017. By Musharraf Hassan The following is a loose translation: It was in 1953, the lineal sultanate rule was abolished in the Maldives. Mohamed Ameen Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaanu took the lead to introduce Maldives to a republican system and became the first President of […]