Jon Shenk’s The Island President tells the story of former president Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced—the survival of his ...

A former president of the Maldives has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge while in office. Mohamed Nasheed was cleared of the charges last ...

After spending 20 years leading a pro-democracy movement against a cruel dictatorship, elected Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed believes it will have all been for naught if his nation of 1,200 ...

In a tweet put out late on Wednesday, Mr. Nasheed shared his resignation letter, hand-written in the local Dhivehi language, that said: “After taking into account how things are in the country at the ...

Mohamed Nasheed became the nation's first democratically elected leader in 2008 A former president of the Maldives has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of ordering the ...