May 20, 2021
The attack on former Maldivian president and current parliamentary speaker Mohammad Nasheed on May 6, 2021 has led to speculation that the assassination bid was planned either by Islamist extremists or his political opponents. The Brief examines key aspects of the country’s tenuous social and political fabric and situates the problem of radicalisation in a historical as well as the contemporary context. In closing, it proposes a few measures India may consider taking to help Maldives strengthen its political stability and security.
At 8:39 pm on May 6, 2021, just before the COVID night-time curfew was to come into effect in Male, an IED blast struck the former President of Maldives and current Speaker of the Majlis (parliament), Mohammad Nasheed. The explosion also injured four other people accompanying him, including a British national. Reports noted that the home-made explosive device, packed with ball bearings to cause maximum damage, was planted on a
Diversity and inclusion survey open for Australian communications agencies
May 25, 2021 9:42
Scanlon Foundation and Think HQ are supporting a survey delivered by Dr Marianne D Sison to study cultural inclusion, diversity, and representation across Australia’s communications agencies.
The announcement:
Agency staff at all levels are invited to take part in a national online survey that aims to capture views and map perceptions and practices around cultural inclusion, diversity and representation across Australia’s communication agencies.
The survey is open to all communications, marketing, advertising and PR agency practitioners. Results will be shared with the industry to support consideration and adoption of effective diversity and inclusion strategies, practices and activities.
Maldives’ Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced at the recent Arabian Travel Market that the two nations were discussing how to establish a travel corridor and that it could be in operation in early June.
This travel corridor would allow travellers who received the two doses of any World Health Organisation-approved vaccines to travel between the Maldives and UAE without a PCR test.
UAE has established a travel corridor with Greece, Serbia, Seychelles and Bahrain and travellers from the UAE do not have to quarantine on arrival in these countries.
UAE is a key tourism source market for the
As the Maldives experienced monumental changes due to Covid-19, events like the International Maldives Travel Market (IMTM) helped reconnect and grow the island s tourism sector through its first virtual event in 2020, and hopes for the same in 2021.
The United Arab Emirates and the Maldives are in the process of creating a travel corridor that will allow vaccinated travellers to move freely between the two countries.