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A year after bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground in an environmentally sensitive area off Mauritius, Curtin University-led research has identified the incident as the first known spillage involving a ...

Mauritius deployed its coastguard and armed forces on Monday after a Chinese-flagged trawler containing 130 tonnes of oil ran aground off the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. It is the second ...

Social Activist, Bruneau Laurette (left) leads a protest in capital city Port Louis on December 29, marking four months since the 100,000 protest in the capital on August 29. The Indian Ocean island ...

This post begins by setting out the relevant background, then examines the Privy Council’s decision and its practical implications. STC is a public company operating as a trading arm of the Government ...

The Bank of Mauritius is targeting a year-end rollout for the island nation’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, the central bank’s governor said Wednesday. Speaking at CoinDesk’s Consensus ...

The President of the Republic of Mauritius Prithviraj Roopun appointed Rehana Bibi Mungly-Gulbul to the position of chief justice on Tuesday, marking the first time that a woman has ascended to the ...

Using decades of data, a recent study analyzed long-term population trends for the Mauritius kestrel, a bird of prey endemic to the island of Mauritius, which was once considered the rarest bird in ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

Mauritius will use its first 100,000 Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate 50,000 frontline workers as part of a plan the government says will contribute to a revival of crucial industries. The Serum ...

Mauritius, a tourism-dependent economy, will reopen its borders on Thursday to vaccinated tourists after being closed for 16 months. The reopening is part of a two-phase strategy to attract tourists ...

One of the schemes is linked to household and commercial electricity customers who want to install a PV array to charge electric vehicles. Mauritius’ state-owned electric utility has opened two ...