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The Maldives’ new president

By Susan Owensby - RFI
International David FranklinGetty ImagesA Terrade
NOV 17, 2018 LISTEN
David Franklin/Getty Images/A Terrade

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you'll learn the answer to the question about the recent presidential election in the Maldives. You'll hear about the WWI Armistice commemoration in Paris, enjoy some great music – and of course, there's the new quiz question. Just click on the arrow in the photo above and enjoy!

Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen.
Big news for RFI English: Tomorrow, 18 November, RFI English morning broadcasts will come to an end.

There's an all-new Paris Live programme starting Monday, 19 November. You can hear it on-the-air, and of course, on our website rfienglish.com Monday through Friday at 14h00 universal time, 3pm Paris time.

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What does this mean for The Sound Kitchen? The Sound Kitchen will no longer be heard on our FMs. It will be available here on our website, rfienglish.com , as it always has been, as well as on The Sound Kitchen Facebook page. It will be posted on Saturdays, as it always has been. The format will not change: you'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews and great music, so be sure and go to rfienglish.com every Saturday for The Sound Kitchen.

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This week's quiz: On 29 September, I asked you a question about the Maldives, the nation of 26 coral atolls and close to 2000 islands in the Indian Ocean. On 23 September, Maldivians went to the polls to elect their next president, and I asked you to send me the name of the man who won, as well as the name of his party and the percentage of votes with which he won.  

The answer is: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the Maldivian Democratic Party , who was nominated as the joint candidate of a coalition of opposition parties.

Solih received over 58% of the vote. He will be inaugurated today, 17 November. He is the seventh president of the Maldives , and the country's third democratically-elected president.

The winners are: Three members of the RFI Listeners Club: Mrs C O Agboola from Ekiti State in Nigeria; Vamuyan A Kromah from Monrovia, Liberia and Arne Timm from Harjumaa, Estonia. From the United RFI Listeners Club of Golaghat in Assam, India, there's

Congratulations winners!
Here's the music you heard on this week's program : Prokofiev: “Troika” from the Lieutenant Kijé Suite, performed by the Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Mogrelia; Bach: “Sarabande” from the Cello Sonata No 5, performed by Yo Yo Ma; Rimsky-Korsakov: “The Flight of the Bumblebee” and “Blewu”, written and performed by Angelique Kidjo.

Do you have a musical request? Send it to [email protected]

This week's question ... You'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 17 December to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 22 December program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one,  your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

Send your answers to:
[email protected]
or
Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
or
By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country's international access code, or “ + ”, then  33 6 31 12 96 82. Don't forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

To find out how you can win a special Sound Kitchen prize, click here:

http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-sound-kitchen-essay-contests

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http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-how-form-official-rfi-listeners-club

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