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Mauritius sees largest rally in 40 years!

https://youtu.be/VEVq5uzsHfo A huge crowd of Mauritians took to the streets of Mahébourg, the second massive protest in a month, on Saturday last. They protested over the perceived government mishandling of a devastating oil spill from the Wakashio. These rallies are the biggest the nation has seen in

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Mauritian Spring gathers big crowd in the south of the Island

Mauritius is witnessing the second big rally which is taking place at the time of writing in the south of the Island near oil spill that caused the death of several dolphins weeks ago. In a heartbreaking’ event, 25 dolphins washed up dead in Mauritius weeks after the oil spill.

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A democratic revolution is brewing in tiny Mauritius

In this week’s series on the turbulence that is hitting countries with a democratic system, we look at Mauritius. Saturday last, a massive crowd shocked the regime in power in Port Louis. The 50,000 or more people, organisers say it was around 150,000, that descended to Port

Oil spill wreck carried record cargo of narcotics to Mauritius?

A local paper in Mauritius says before July 22, intelligence officers had warned of the arrival of a “record cargo’ of narcotics by sea to Mauritius. The paper accuses ‘hierarchical bosses’ (but does not say if it is talking of mafia bosses or accomplices) urged the vessel to abandon the

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Oil spill: Opposition member says Gov't should have done better

https://youtu.be/XIPMFzYUga8 The MMM member, daughter of leader Paul Berenger, Joanna Berenger says the government did not handle the situation well. “The government should have done better,” is the lambasting words from Ms Berenger. Berenger says the government was too slow to act. The ship, she says, wrecked