The Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalises consensual same-sex acts between adult men. The decision boosts the trend in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region towards decriminalisation. Now, a slight majority – nine out of 16 member states – do not prohibit gay and lesbian sexual relations. I have researched […]
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Cape Town — A human rights group has accused the British government of lying, and the British and American governments of committing “crimes against humanity” in the process of establishing a strategically important U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The accusations, made in a 106-page report issued on […]
The National Launch and Consultation Workshop on Early Warning for All (EW4All), organised by the Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) in collaboration with the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Centre (NDRRMC), the World Meteorological Office, and the United Nations (UN) Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, opened on, 19 December 2023, at the Hilton Hotel in Flic […]
Mauritius’ heavy dependence on food imports makes it vulnerable to global commodity and supply disruptions, but collaborative sustainable interventions are making a difference This is a particularly interesting time to be the Resident Co-ordinator for a small island state like Mauritius. Since my arrival in the country in 2022, I have experienced the impact of […]
Mauritius as the third country in the world along with the Netherlands, after Turkey and Brazil to have successfully achieved all measures according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control guidelines, was celebrated yesterday, during the launching of the ninth WHO Report on The Global Tobacco Epidemic 2023, at the Maritim […]
A new water resources bill, taking into consideration, the water requirement of the country and the development of the water sector within a well-defined legal framework for the mobilisation, management, development and conservation of water resources in Mauritius will soon be introduced in the parliament, stated the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges […]
A workshop on the “Code of Conduct for the Recruitment and Employment of Migrant Workers in Mauritius”, organised by the Mauritius Export Association (MEXA), in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Labour, Human Resource Development and Training, to commemorate the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, opened, this morning, at Sir […]
Shortly after the 2019 elections, a narrative around “computer rooms”, supposedly a new phenomenon, was created by the opposition parties as part of their election petitions. After failing in court, now this same narrative is being resurrected. The return of the “computer rooms” After the 2019 elections that were disputed by the parliamentary opposition parties […]
Regional cooperation remains the key to the effective response to the different aspects of the drug issue, affirmed the Prime Minister, Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, this morning. The Prime Minister made this statement this morning, as he launched the High Level Meeting of the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs (ESACD) , being held […]
Last week the Mauritian government and opposition parties snubbed an invitation from the Russian government to attend a meeting of African parliamentarians in Moscow. Diplomatically, Port-Louis seems to be taking a harder line against Russia than either India or many African states, which have traditionally moored Mauritian foreign policy. So why is Mauritius looking more […]
Le dernier rapport de l’Audit a mis au jour un grand nombre de manquements, de gaspillages, mais aussi des opérations de vol des ressources de l’État savamment montées et exécutées par des responsables d’institutions publiques. Comme lors de ses précédents exercices, le directeur de l’Audit ne cesse d’inviter les fonctionnaires et autres responsables à agir […]
The US State Department in its 2022 report on Human Rights has pointed to the lack of prosecutions for human rights violations leading to a culture of impunity within the Mauritian police force. So why is it so hard to put bad cops behind bars in cases of police brutality? The political problem The US […]