Maldives: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2023

Posters issuing ‘last warning’ and demanding to release of suspects, who were arrested from Addu City during a joint counter-terrorism conducted by the Police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) at Addu City, Male City and K. Guraidhoo on November 7, 2022, were put up in different areas of Addu City on January 8, reports The Sun. The Police earlier stated that the suspects were plotting to carry out a mass casualty terror attack in the Maldives using explosives in collaboration with the Islamic State (IS). Read less...

The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) - the ruling party of the Maldives- held its Presidential primary on January 28, 2023, to elect its candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections scheduled on September 9, 2023, reports Avas Online on January 28. The two main leaders of the MDP- Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (the current President of the Republic of Maldives) and Mohamed Nasheed (current Speaker of the Maldivian Parliament and former President) contested for the party’s Presidential ticket. The results of the MDP primary showed that the MDP leader and President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih won the primary with 61 percent of the votes while 39 percent voted for Nasheed. This is the first time in the Maldives' history that a sitting President contested a primary seeking re-election. Maldivian media termed the landslide victory of Ibrahim Solih in the Presidential primary election as a “history-changing event for the MDP”. Read less...