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Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after being seriously injured alongside three other people during an assassination attempt in Malé with a car bomb a week ago. Maldives authorities blame Islamic extremists, amongst whom Nasheed was considered unpopular.
2021-05-13

Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and four other people are injured in a bomb blast in the capital Malé.
2021-05-6

Former interim President Jeanine Áñez is arrested by police and is accused of participating in an alleged coup d'état against ousted President Evo Morales in November 2019. Before being arrested, Áñez denounced the arrest and stated that the "persecution had begun".
2021-03-13

The Maldives returns to the Commonwealth of Nations as a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.
2020-02-1

President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and his Cabinet announce that the Maldives is set to return to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations as a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.
2018-11-19

The Maldives leaves the Commonwealth of Nations after 34 years, claiming that it has been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental organization.
2016-10-13

Former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed takes refuge in the Indian embassy in the city of Malé, Maldives saying that his trial for political abuse and corruption is a "politically motivated sham".
2013-02-13

Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, fails to appear in court and departs on tour for his party. Vice-president Mohammed Waheed Deen, opening an academic conference in Malé, says a nation can achieve democracy by the teachers imparting the relevant information.
2012-10-1

Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, demands new elections and threatens protests if the new government meet the demands.
2012-02-10

Maldives National Defence Force soldiers fire rubber bullets at police officers demonstrating in the capital Malé who are defying an order by President Mohamed Nasheed to crack down on protests.
2012-02-7