The former president won the first round of presidential elections held on Saturday with an overwhelming majority, 18 months after he was ousted from office in what he claims a "coup" backed by eleme...
Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed has met with the US Ambassador to Maldives and Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison today.
During the meeting, Nasheed and the...
Running mate of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s Presidential Candidate Abdulla Yameen, Dr Mohamed Jameel, has declared that opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s Presidential Candida...
If there is anything unanticipated about the presidential polls in Maldives, it is the date of the run-off, second round. The Election Commission (EC) has declared that the second-round polling will b...
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) on Sunday night held the first political gathering since the election to rally its supporters, ahead of the upcoming run-off election on September 28.
Thousands of...
Nasheed accused Gayoom of engineering the coup with help of mutinous police and military officers. He had accused tourism tycoons like Ibrahim, angry over his policies like increase of taxes, for bank...
Running mate of the presidential candidate of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, has said that presidential candidate of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), is ‘not a choi...
Running mate of the presidential candidate of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, has said that presidential candidate of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), is ‘not a choi...
Additional reporting by Neil Merrett, Leah Malone, Ahmed Nazeer, Daniel Bosley, Ahmed Naish, Eleanor Johnstone, Mariyath Mohamed, Mohamed Naahee
Read Minivan News’ blogging of Saturday’s poll
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“As campaigning for presidential elections in the Maldives came to a close ahead of Saturday’s polls, the question is if former President Mohamed Nasheed will win conclusively in the first round,” wri...
