August 10

• Mauritius: Fishers Oppose European Vessels

  "Look out there, the blue one .... that is a European Union fishing vessel that is threatening our livelihood," says Lallmamode Mohamedally, a Mauritian fisherman, as he points to... Read more »

July 18

• Mauritius: Probe Exposes Arms Trafficking

  An investigation by the Conflict Awareness Project has exposed an active arms trading network of associates of former trafficker Viktor Bout that involves companies from the United... Read more »

March 19

• Mauritius: Locals Queue as Water Becomes a Luxury

  Rani Murthy, a public officer who lives in Plaines Wilhems, central Mauritius, wakes at three every morning to wait for the water tanker from the Central Water Authority so that... Read more »

February 15

• West Africa: 'A Catastrophic Year' As Hunger Crisis Looms Over Sahel

  Seven out of the eight governments in the Sahel - the arid zone between the Sahara desert in North Africa and Sudan's Savannas in the south - have taken the unprecedented step of... Read more »

January 23

• Mauritius: Mauritius - the Decline of Consumer Cooperatives

  Amateurism, high prices, mismanagement, and a limited product range have discouraged Inderjeet Rajcoomarsingh, the former chairman of the Mauritius Agricultural Cooperative... Read more »

January 5

• Mauritius: Women Find a Political Voice, Locally

  Under a new gender quota law introduced in Mauritius, at least one-third of the candidates in local elections must be women. Read more »

December 30, 2011

• Mauritius: Thirsty for Ideas to Address Water Woes

  Mauritius plans to privatise its water sector, as rains become rare, and century-old pipes continue to leak almost 50 percent of the water available, added to waste by the... Read more »

August 25, 2011

• Mauritius: Drug Use On the Increase Among Children

  With drug trafficking rampant in the small Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, social workers and drug treatment centres are noting an increasing number of children and youth... Read more »

March 11, 2011

• Mauritius: Women Dreaming of Active Politics

  "We have had enough of the training given to us in cooking, sewing and household works... We now have another dream: of participating actively in the development of our island at... Read more »

January 16, 2011

• Mauritius: Renewable Energy Gets a Boost

  A new initiative to support production of renewable energy in Mauritius may provide a model for other countries to follow suit. Read more »

January 4, 2011

• Mauritius: Sex Workers Demand Rights

  "Sex workers rights are human rights", close to a hundred people shouted during a recent march in Rose-Hill, a major town in Mauritius. Their aim was to sensitise the population,... Read more »

December 28, 2010

• Mauritius: Where are Women Politicians? [analysis]

  "I do politics every day, but partisan politics? No, thank you," says Jane Ragoo, long-time trade unionist and social worker. She believes in working to bring about change in... Read more »