Exiled Maldives leader to stand for presidency
Published: 07:02 PM,Feb 09,2017 | EDITED : 05:04 PM,Apr 29,2024
Exiled Maldivian leader Mohamed Nasheed said on Thursday he would return to the Indian Ocean archipelago to contest a 2018 presidential election and called for international pressure on the government to allow him to run. The country has been mired in political unrest since Nasheed was ousted in 2012.