Maldives Ex-Presidents In talks To 'Legally Topple' Government

As anticipated, a day after former Maldivian President Mohammed Anni Nasheed declared that he and predecessor Maummon Abdul Gayoom had come to an agreement on the terms of having incumbent Abdulla Yameen ousted, the latter has promptly denied any ...

By N. Sathiya Moorthy* Reports that at least seven or eight of the 53-member ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)-Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) combine in the 85-seat Parliament defied President Abdulla Yameen leadership's whip to ...

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said that he would go ahead with implementing the death penalty, an official said.Abdul Gayoom made the announcement on Tuesday hours after Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon decided to resign over the stand ...

His days are numbered, regime change is imminent, says the exiled leader Former President of the Maldives Mohammed Nasheed has come to a clear agreement with long-time Maldives ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on the need for democracy in Male, Mr.

The Maldives is facing a critical juncture, as civil unrest grows, and the government of President Abdulla Yameen continues to lose support. Since coming to power in 2013, Yameen has enacted a series of increasingly draconian laws, changes which ...

By Will Jordan Ten years ago was a time of optimism and change in the Maldives. Today is anything but. Back then, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's grip on power was weakening. The long-time dictator had legalised political parties and decriminalised ...

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COLOMBO: All conditions, domestic and international, are ripe for bringing about the overthrow of Abdulla Yameen's regime in the Maldives, says Hamid Abdul Ghafoor, International spokesman of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) led by the ousted ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Speaking to reporters via Skype on Tuesday night Mohamed Nasheed said he and his predecessor Maumoon Abdul Gayoom have an agreement to fight his half-brother President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. He declined to give details. Maumoon ...