"US concerned that today's action against political opponents further imperils Maldivian democracy," the US assistant secretary of state said after the civil court controversially stripped former...
“This is the real PPM. I am repeatedly telling you that those behind President Yameen is the real PPM,” MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla has declared
Excerpts of Gayoom's press conference, in which he defied a civil court order that stripped him of control of the ruling party and ruled out reconciliation...
The civil court has stripped former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of control of the Progressive Party of the Maldives, and installed his half-brother and incumbent president,...
PPM descends into open warfare as Yameen loyalists seek court action to remove Gayoom from the party's leadership, after successfully petitioning the elections commission to strike...
MPs of the Progressive Party of Maldives are seeking to mediate between the party's leader and the incumbent president to resolve a bitter power struggle that...
Gayoom has asked the civil court to halt a lawsuit over control of PPM, filed by MPs loyal to Yameen, until September when he returns from...
Gayoom, who is locked in a bitter power struggle for control of the PPM with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen, was notably absent from the midnight...
An emergency meeting of the ruling party's council Tuesday night showed that some members are opposed to the reform agenda launched by former President Maumoon Abdul...
Gayoom, the leader of the PPM, said the members who walked out objected to the presence of his son Faris Maumoon and Aminath Nadira, who they...
The ruling party MPs told local media that the lawsuit had been withdrawn. "But we’ve realised Maumoon is still not allowing for council or committee meetings,...
If the dispute with his half-brother former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is not resolved, Yameen said the increasingly acrimonious PPM split "will be a big Eid...
Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon has resigned his afternoon, citing opposition to the government's plans to implement the death penalty.
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives will hold a congress to decide whether the party should award its ticket to incumbent President Abdulla Yameen or...
In a televised statement Thursday night, Gayoom accused PPM MPs of defying his instructions, working against the party's founding principles, and facilitating corruption. The PPM leader...
On its fourth anniversary, the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) has expelled its deputy leader and Maldives Vice president Ahmed Adeeb, days after he was...
