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  • Mauritius oil spill. Credit: Vel Moonien.
    ClimateEditor's PicksMauritius

    Mauritius: A class action lawsuit bubbles two years after the oil spill

    By Vel Moonien
    August 26, 2022
    1,800 people have filed a motion demanding to be heard in a court case regarding the MV Wakashio’s liability for the devastating spill. On ...
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  • Riot police take to the streets of Port Louis. Credit: Vel Moonien.
    Editor's PicksMauritiusPoliticsSociety

    Mauritius protests: “When people feel lost, they resort to revolt”

    By Vel Moonien
    May 26, 2022
    Cost of living protests descended in riots last month. Food and fuel prices are set to rise further. In late-April, protests against the soaring ...
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    Mauritius: How did the pyramids of Plaine Magnien get there?

    By Jacques Achilles (For bird)
    April 6, 2022
    From bored labourers to ancient gods, many theories abound about the pyramids’ origin, sparking a debate about colonial history. It’s a sunny Saturday morning ...
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  • The Mauritian government has repeatedly downplayed the Covid situation, while doctors and patients describe a healthcare system in disarray. Credit: Yann Gar.
    Covid-19MauritiusTop story

    Mauritius insists Covid is under control. Hospitals tell a different story

    By Ariel Saramandi
    November 30, 2021
    Is the government hugely undercounting and understating its Covid surge? Officially, Mauritius has recorded 21,325 positive cases and 457 deaths from Covid-19, as of ...
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  • Mauritians protesting on the streets in August 2020. Credit: Matt Savi.
    Editor's PicksMauritiusPolitics

    Mauritius: A picture perfect democracy’s fall from grace

    By Roukaya Kasenally
    May 12, 2021
    Mauritius has been listed as one of the world’s top ten autocratising nations. Can the people save it? Over the past few decades, Mauritius ...
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  • Glass bottom boat operators take tourists and residents to snorkel in Blue Bay Marine Park on 21 February 2020. Credit: Catherine Ward.
    ClimateMauritiusSociety

    What will be the environmental impact of the Mauritius oil spill?

    By Olivier Pasnin, Suthananda Sunassee, Vikash Tatayah, Anne Turner & Catherine Ward
    September 2, 2020
    The oil spill’s long-term impacts on Mauritius’ fragile ecosystems will take years to fully comprehend, but the signs are already clear. The environmental crisis ...
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  • The MV Wakashio leaking oil off the southeastern coast of Mauritius. Credit: Greenpeace Africa.
    ClimateEconomyMauritiusSociety

    Mauritius: The waves sound different now. Heavy. Sticky. Suffocating.

    By Deeya Jahajeeah & Jess Auerbach
    August 13, 2020
    Mauritians have come together in the wake of the devastating oil spill. Yet nothing could prepare the tiny country for the challenge it now ...
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    How Mauritius’ unique political culture helped it beat COVID-19

    By Myriam Blin & Jess Auerbach
    May 28, 2020
    When a welfare state and good neighbours prove their worth. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Every day at 6pm, one of the co-author’s 10-year-old ...
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  • In the run-up to Mauritius' 7 November elections, political parties have strung up bunting in their colours across the country. Credit: Jess Auerbach.
    MauritiusPoliticsSociety

    Mauritius’ micro-politics: Everybody needs good neighbours

    By Jess Auerbach
    October 29, 2019
    In some elections, people vote for the soul of their nation. In Mauritius, they vote for their neighbours. Politics in Mauritius is perhaps unique ...
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  • Mauritius is known for having one of the most diverse societies in the world. Credit: Miwok.
    Living in TranslationMauritius

    Nu tou Creole: Are we Mauritians really African?

    By Shaheen Beeharry
    May 7, 2019
    The Kreol language binds Mauritius’ diverse communities together and links us all, inescapably, to our country’s African origins. This is the fourth article in ...
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