by AMAL JAYASINGHE | Sunday Observer

by AMAL JAYASINGHE

In this file photo taken on December 7, 2017 Maldives’ President Abdulla Yameen (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother
Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother. Now, five years after skillfully manoeuvering his way to the top, the 59-year-old is on the cusp of being elected on Sunday, to a second five-year term...
23 September, 2018
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