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Mauritius SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Mauritius when you search their database on the word "Mauritius": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Mauritius. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Mauritius. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Mauritius, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Mauritius in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Mauritius. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Mauritius and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Mauritius. Write "Mauritius" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Mauritius, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Mauritian and non-Mauritian newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Mauritius, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Mauritius.
The Press in MauritiusL'Express offers a professional service with daily news and good coverage on Mauritius, among it some international information. French. Le Mauricien is a daily newspaper with an online version. It contains a list of its principal features on politics, economy and society. Independent point of view. French. Mauritius News is a news service from the UK, offering monthly updated news about the country. English.
Press reporting about MauritiusAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Mauritius of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Mauritius. Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Mauritius page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Mauritius archive, where articles from the last months about Mauritius figure. NewAfrica, Mauritius offers interesting information about Mauritian infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Mauritius. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Mauritius.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Mauritius page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Mauritius offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions: Embassies and Representations in Foreign Countries: Transnational Institutions: Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional, transnational organisation. The working languages of SADC are English, French and Portuguese. Site mostly in English and informative. You can also go directly to their Mauritius Country Profile.
About Mauritian government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & Towns
Companies
CultureThe Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. The Mauritius Institute is one of the most important cultural centers of the country. In its website you'll find a photographic gallery with its collection of animal and cultural history, etc. Regularly updated. The Ministry of Arts and Culture has a relativity updated web site with large information about the museums, archives, etc of the country, links to some national cultural institutions, among the information about the ministry and an introduction to the art and culture from Mauritius.
EconomyCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists a Mauritius Page. Mauritius Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Mauritius concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. The Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity & Regional Development: The Ministry of Finance: The trade union Overseas Telecommunications Services Employees Association (OTSEA) presents itself and the Mauritian Telecommunications Sector. Planet Business-Mauritius offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Mauritius.
EducationThe Ministry of Education and Scientific Research
Environment/NatureThe Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology & Natural Resources: The Ministry of Environment, Human Resource Development & Employment NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Mauritius.
General Information/Read about MauritiusThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Mauritius, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Mauritius with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Mauritius offers interesting information about Mauritian infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Mauritius on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in Mauritius is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Mauritius. The Attorney-General's Office, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Corporate Affairs: The Companies Division
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