Mauritius: India-Mauritius relations - Has it always been "willing subordination"?

Diplomats and academics have termed the relationship between India and Mauritius as one of "willing subordination". Has this always been so? The evolution of the relationship… Read more »

Mauritius: Competition Agencies - About Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contract

On 5 January 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to prohibit employers from entering into non-compete clauses (clause de… Read more »

Mauritius: Adi Teelock - "The drains they built became waterfalls and flooded houses"

People in charge have stopped reflecting and asking themselves 'what are we doing wrong?' In many parts of the world, people who have a responsibility to make sure that floods are… Read more »

Mauritius: The price of silence

Amid the sad news of floods, closed schools, dry taps and the resulting wrath of the population which have been jostling for the headlines recently, a short piece of news about the… Read more »

Mauritius: Mairead McGuinness - "No member state from the EU is immune from being listed"

After being the "bad guy" in the eyes of the international financial services community for failure to fight money laundering and terrorism financing and being subsequently… Read more »

Mauritius: 11 Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa offices named as top employers in global ranking

Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa has seen the number of country offices represented in the Top Employer Institute's Top Employer rankings rise from nine to 11. The increased… Read more »

Mauritius: How the cases of Boolell and Mohamed vs. Phokeer are raising all-new questions...

Labour party MPs Arvin Boolell and Shakeel Mohamed have legally challenged the speaker Sooroojdev Phokeer at the Supreme Court over their previous suspensions from the National… Read more »

Mauritius: Presidential pardon - A moral disaster

One wonders what is more indecent: the pardon extended to the son of the commissioner of police or the citizen being treated as an insignificant idiot given the opacity within… Read more »

Mauritius: Chagos - Are we seeing an attempt at using the 'falklands option'?

Chagossian groups in the UK are attempting to throw a spanner in ongoing talks between London and Port-Louis over the future of the Chagos. The latest is a legal notice sent by… Read more »

Mauritius: Inflation - Cost of cheap money

As the era of artificial growth and individual prosperity reaches its limits, the dour realities of the hard-knock life hit home. Read more »

Mauritius: Traditional Ayurveda - A way of life

Many of us have started this new year with a bag full of resolutions, hopeful to find a better version of ourselves and our lives on the other side. Maybe you have decided to quit… Read more »

Mauritius: Dip Kid and the Justice System

Alright, alright! We have heard the argument time and time again and we have now come to anticipate it at every debate. The Commission for the Prerogative of Mercy (CPM) exists in… Read more »

Mauritius: Jean-Luc Mootoosamy - Most of the people I have spoken to are not happy

We start the year with a conversation with a colleague, Jean-Luc Mootoosamy, who gives his opinion about what he sees happening in the country from the vantage point of a member of… Read more »

Mauritius: The corruption problem in Mauritian prisons

This week kicked off with news that some prison officers at Beau-Bassin prison are under investigation for allegedly working with a drug trafficker inmate. The news only highlights… Read more »

Mauritius: Oh, I feel good!

"There is a feel good factor in the whole country!" The words fell from the prime minister's mouth effortlessly. It must have felt so natural and so obvious to him and to those who… Read more »

Mauritius: Happy New Year, Prime Minister

In a couple of days, we will be waving goodbye to a year that has been hard for a large chunk of us and looking forward with anticipation to the New Year. And since hope always… Read more »

Africa: US-Africa Summit - The 3D approach

The odds of global recession are increasing as the Ukraine war escalates. A collapse in one region will augment the odds of collapse in the others. The World Bank's comprehensive… Read more »

Mauritius: US-Africa Adapting to New Realities

A broad range of issues will be on the table, from 13 to 15 December, in Washington, D.C., at the second US-Africa Leaders Summit. Apart from climate change, and its impact on food… Read more »

Mauritius: Election petitions - Why Navin Ramgoolam and Suren Dayal were fighting two different issues?

The December 13 deadline for Labour Party candidate to send his case to the Privy Council is nearing. As the latter has announced his intention to appeal the rejection of his… Read more »

Mauritius: State of the economy - 10 points to ponder

On the economic side, what has gone so wrong that the economy has fallen in complete disarray, despite what Pravind Jugnauth and Renganaden Padayachy have been - and are still -… Read more »

Mauritius: Electric Vehicle Mobility - The stakes for Government & CEB

What could well explain the resolute efforts of developed countries to push for electric vehicle mobility? Countries like France are banning sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars… Read more »