Former prime minister Navin Ramgoolam has won a third term in the Indian Ocean nation, official results show. Opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam has won a landslide victory in Mauritius’s parliamentary vote, the election commission said. The Office of the Electoral Commissioner said on Tuesday that Rangoolam and his Alliance of…
Opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam looks set to take over the post of prime minister for a third time. Pravind Jugnauth, the incumbent prime minister of Mauritius, has conceded defeat in the parliamentary election, saying his political alliance is headed for a major loss. “L’Alliance Lepep is heading towards a huge…
About a million people are expected to choose 62 members to parliament with standard of living crisis on top of voters’ mind. People in Mauritius are casting their ballots in the parliamentary election that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal. Polls opened at 7am (03:00 GMT) and close at…
Some one million eligible voters in the Indian Ocean Mauritius will head out to vote on Sunday amid an explosive scandal that has implicated government figures in a covert wiretapping operation. Since independence from Britain in 1968, the southeast African country has maintained a strong, vibrant parliamentary democracy. This will…
After a dispute running for more than 50 years, the United Kingdom will finally hand back the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, to the southeast African island country of Mauritius. As part of an agreement on Thursday, the governments of the UK and Mauritius jointly announced…
The deal includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, which is used by the United States as a military base. The United Kingdom says it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while the…
NewsFeed Cyclone Belal brought flash floods to Mauritius, submerging cars along roads in the capital, Port Louis, and causing widespread flooding. About 100 vechicles were abandoned by their owners. One person has died and warnings for environmental risks on the island remain in place. Published On 16 Jan 202416 Jan…
Île d’Ambre, Mauritius – It is said to be the place where the last dodo was sighted. Yet, today, Île d’Ambre, an islet off the northeastern coast of Mauritius fringed by bright green mangroves, stands as a symbol, not of extinction, but of survival. As guide Patrick Haberland explains, vast…
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