What happens when a leadership becomes dysfunctional? What is its impact on the health of the society they rule over? Just as children mimic their parents,...
A Jinni led the army’s investigations into the alleged explosion on the presidential yacht, Finifenmaa, in September 2015, says a police statement leaked sometime in the...
With the next local council elections scheduled for early 2017, we must ask ourselves: how can we ‘Step it up for Gender Equality’ in Maldives? What...
The Haamakurey or “Make it Public” campaign appears to be gaining traction with eight of the 85-member parliament releasing financial disclosure forms. The campaign has exposed...
A surf break is not like any other play ground. It is a living playground. It is constantly changing. Every surf break has a personality and...
President Abdulla Yameen attempted to shrug off responsibility for the Maldives' biggest ever corruption scandal, by claiming he was not aware "charity" to MPs and ruling...
Full transcript of former Auditor General Niyaz's interview detailing the extent of complicity by state officials, including President Yameen and MPs, in the embezzlement of hundreds...
In an op-ed for the Washington Times, President Abdulla Yameen accused former President Mohamed Nasheed and his heavyweight international lawyers of "trash-talking the Maldives" and attempting...
The international ‘popular’ trial of former President Mohamed Nasheed has fallen into a spiral of oversimplifications and selective narratives that leads to contradictions, writes PPM MP...
Without political stability and the will to address pervasive social issues, including unemployment, gang violence and environmental degradation, the Malé bridge and the youth city will...
The conversation around the death of a Thinadhoo woman from marital rape injuries focused on her "silence," her action or inaction. But it was in fact...
One of the best ways Maldives can support the global human rights movement is by voting to extend the UN mandate for a special rapporteur for...
A 35-year-old victim of marital rape from the island of Thinadhoo died last night while undergoing treatment for severe injuries. Why is violence against women so...
Responding to allegations of pitching the government and the opposition, Cadman writes: "Supporters of the former President need to make as much noise in public and...
The Maldives is not China, where predictability and stability can be achieved in a relatively subdued population. If China wants predictability, stability, and sustainability for its...
500 days after our brother's disappearance, the “Yageen [certain] team” have failed to conduct a thorough investigation. This is why we are forced to use words...
"In many ways, Malé is a thoroughly modern city, living out all of modernity’s problems (with a few of its pleasures) in a microcosm, fighting to...
