President Yameen had brought me in as a running mate because I had greater appeal among the masses. He sat through the campaign in Male, while I made 400 trips to 209 islands of our country.
China on Thursday said it has never attached any political conditions to aiding the Maldives, and the aid has done no harm to the country's sovereignty and independence, let alone jeopardised the Indian Ocean area's security.
The declaration of the state of emergency in the Maldives by President Abdulla Yameen and the resulting suspension of constitutional guarantees have undermined the checks and balances necessary in any functioning democracy, the United Nations human rights chief has warned.
In the backdrop of an escalating political crisis and a purge initiated by Maldives’ President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, Former Speaker of the People’s Majlis, Abdulla Shahid, speaks to Hardnews about the island nation’s growing proximity to China and the plight of its democratic system.
Flailing in the face of pressures from his political opponents, President Yameen has often turned to the religious Right-wing for support.
Flailing in the face of pressures from his political opponents, President Yameen has often turned to the religious Right-wing for support.
The possibility of Russian support to Chabahar lends a new spin to the contestation brewing between India, China and Pakistan
In West Bengal, those who left their homes in Bangladesh still feel a sense of longing for the food they left behind
The current concern around India and its issues pertaining to food are different, but I would like to say that the modern state has always been interested in the diet of its subjects.