By Mohamed Junayd MALE, Sep 24 : Maldives opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the Indian Ocean archipelago nation’s presidential election on Monday, delivering a possible blow for China which has invested millions of dollars in projects under the outgoing administration. Incumbent Abdulla Yameen, who had cultivated ties with both Beijing and Saudi Arabia, conceded […]
By Mohamed Junayd MALE, Sept 2 4: Maldives opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who fought a bitter election campaign against President Abdulla Yameen, said he had won Sunday’s presidential vote with a 16 percent margin after 92 percent of the votes had been counted. Provisional results counted in 446 of 472 ballot boxes by 1943 […]
By Mohamed Junayd MALE, Sept 23 : Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has taken a 16 percentage point lead over incumbent Abdulla Yameen in the Maldives’ presidential election, according to early provisional counts reported by local media. Yameen was expected to cement his grip on power amid criticism over the fairness of the vote on […]
By Mohamed Junayd MALE, Sept 23 : The Maldives extended voting in the presidential election, in which Abdulla Yameen is expected to cement his grip on power, amid criticism over the fairness of the poll in the islands, best known as a luxury holiday destination. The Indian Ocean nation’s Election Commission has extended voting by […]
By Mohamed Junayd MALE, Sept 23 : Maldives President Abdulla Yameen is expected to cement his grip on power in an election on Sunday that opposition and international groups have criticised for a lack of transparency and the suppression of dissent. The Indian Ocean nation of 400,000 people has become a theatre of rivalry between […]
By Mohamed Junayd and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Sept 19 : More than a quarter of a million people will vote on Sunday for the next leader of the tropical Maldives in an election criticised internationally for a lack of transparency and suppression of government critics. President Abdulla Yameen is seeking a second five-year term in […]
