Tag: Muizzu

Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle waves

MALÉ, Maldives, May 25, 2024 (AFP) – The Maldives on Saturday demanded international funding to battle rising sea levels, saying the low-lying Indian Ocean archipelago was being unfairly excluded from the most generous support measures. “The Maldives is liable for just 0.003 percent of global emissions, but is one of the first countries to endure the existential consequences of the climate crisis,” President Mohamed Muizzu wrote in Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “Wealthier nations have a moral […]

Muizzu: Pro-China winner of Maldives election

  MALÉ, Maldives, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) – The next president of the Maldives is an ardent advocate of Chinese investment who promised to steer the luxury tourism hotspot back towards Beijing’s orbit if he wins. Mohamed Muizzu, 45, roundly defeated incumbent leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Saturday and is set to be sworn in on November 17. A British-educated civil engineer, he was an unlikely candidate for the presidency after serving as construction minister […]