The Maldives is among a number of small countries where China has invested billions of dollars building...
Solih highlighted the critical state of the Maldives' housing, water and infrastructure systems
MDP leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed has vowed his party would reduce reliance on China and...
Ties between the two countries nosedived in 2012 after pro-India leader Nasheed was ousted in a coup...
The country's independent Elections Commission, through its lawyers, had argued his petition was...
The court announced the hearing date after meeting with the nation's Chief Elections Commissioner...
Beijing has been competing with New Delhi for influence in the region
Abdulla Yameen had drawn the Maldives closer to China since 2013 in a Beijing-backed infrastructure...
The High Court granted Gayoom bail of 60,000 Maldivian rufiyaa after a secret hearing
The police and military have said they will uphold the result of the election
The Maldives is best known as a luxury holiday destination and is key to a battle for influence between...
President Abdulla Yameen jailed or exiled most of his rivals during his turbulent five-year term
In a major upset, Solih won with 58% of the vote
A video posted by state media showed several men tearing a statue off a plinth
Officials said Gayoom, 80, and the other political prisoners were taken back to the Maafushi prison island...
Voter turnout was 89.2%, the Elections Commission said, adding the official results would be released...
A candidate must secure 50% of the vote to win outright, failing which there would be a run off three...
Yameen's administration made defamation a crime in 2016, a move government critics say was aimed...
The Maldives’ economy has grown by an average of 6% a year for the last five years, buoyed by tourism...
Independent reporting in the Maldives is difficult and Yameen, who has ruled since winning a controversial...
Maldivian authorities have already turned down requests by international media to cover the...
