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In This Ocean, Small States Learn to Speak

By |2026-03-09T16:16:28-10:00March 9, 2026|

Port Louis | 28 February 2026:  Mauritius suspended diplomatic relations with the Maldives after Malé rejected Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and objected to the UK–Mauritius transfer agreement. A dispute long expanding beneath the surface has now broken [...]

Terrorist Attack Rocks Maldives

By |2021-05-11T14:30:46-10:00May 11, 2021|

By Lt. Col. Hassan Amir * An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack targeted against the Speaker of the People’s Majlis (Parliament), former President Mohamed Nasheed was conducted on the evening of 6 May 2021 in the capital city, Male.’ The [...]

 Maldives Battles COVID-19

By |2020-04-10T16:55:22-10:00April 10, 2020|

By:  Hassan Amir (CA 17-1 SSD in the Indian Ocean WS) Maldives reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on Mar. 7, when foreign tourists who had been vacationing in Maldives became symptomatic. Since the initial case was reported, we [...]

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