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Nasheed Maumoon Vaguthu

Both Maumoon and Nasheed inebriated, while India talked about invading Maldives with weapons on TV

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The original Dhivehi article was published on Rumaalu2.com website on 20th December 2017. The following is a loose translation: When local online news ‘Vaguthu’, covered a report on several threats India was making towards Maldives government, former President Maumoon and Nasheed burst out in anger. In their language ‘Vaguthu’ was not a suitable news source. […]

President Yameen meeting the Chinese Ambassador

Maldives foreign relations: China > US-India

5 min read

The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 6th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: Even though, Maldives is small, there are important reasons why foreign big nations are interested in the Maldives. The biggest reason is that of the geographical location of the Maldives. It is in an important shipping […]

Using foreign assistance to reign: an evil that has to be stopped

Using foreign assistance to reign: an evil that has to be stopped

5 min read

The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 9th October 2017. The following is a loose translation: Indeed, Maldives has a long history. While there are stories that we take great pride in, there are many that are dismal, that we rather not want to hear and never want it to be repeated. […]