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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Society | Labour
Mauritius snubs labour laws

afrol News, 24 April - It has been discovered that the law and practice in Mauritius is in breach of the International Labour Organisation's core labour conventions ratified by the country.

Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Illegal fishing ruins Mauritius

afrol News, 22 January - Illegal fishing in the Exclusive Maritime Economic Zone (EMEZ) in Mauritius has taken a great toll on country's economy, causing an annual loss of over US $3 million, Mauritius Minister of Agro-Industry, Arvin Boolell, disclosed.

Society | Human rights
London again delays Chagossian return

afrol News, 28 June - Last month, the expelled people of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago claimed by Mauritius, thought they had achieved a breakthrough in their four-decade fight to return to the land that taken from them. The London High Court ruled that the 2,000 expelled islanders must be let to return. But a new Foreign Office appeal will delay the return for at least one year.

Gender - Women | Economy - Development
First Mauritian govt budget to target women

afrol News / Gender Links, 26 June - Gender activists congratulate the Finance Minister of Mauritius, Rama Sithanen, for making moves in the right direction with the 2007/2008 budget. The budget makes provision to close the gender gap and challenge gender stereotypes. While Mauritius has reformed its legislation and awareness, the budgets to back them up have so far missed.

Society | Gender - Women | Gay - Lesbian
Battle over sexual offences bill in Mauritius

afrol News / Gender Links, 3 May - The Sexual Offences Bill recently tabled at the Mauritian Parliament brought much heated debate from both sides of the house, as well as protests from religious leaders and professionals. The bill could also decriminalise consensual anal sex. Amid the outcry, the speaker has tasked a Select Committee to look into the bill in detail.

Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Mauritius expects euro 828m from tourism this year

afrol News, 23 February - Tourist arrivals for the year 2007 are expected to reach 850,000 representing a growth of 7.8 percent, the government of Mauritius revealed today. Gross tourism receipts for 2007 were expected to be around rupees 35.9 billion (euro 828 million), compared to rupees 31.9 billion (euro 736 million) last year.

Labour | Economy - Development
Mauritius expects less unemployed in 2007

afrol News, 4 January - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam expects the national economy to boom this year, following the positive trends in 2006, where the unemployment rate started dropping for the first time in 16 years. In particular the tourism and IT sectors are expected to create thousands of new jobs in Mauritius in 2007.

Society | Gender - Women
Mauritian women sick of rape, incest, violence

afrol News, 10 November - Women groups in Mauritius say enough is enough. With girls being beaten and raped, later to be put in jail for trying to get an abortion, little has happened to adjust Mauritian gender laws to the 21st century. Now, gender organisations decided to campaign all year round to improve conditions, launching the "365 days of action to end gender violence".

Health | Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Tourist arrivals up in Mauritius; disaster in Réunion

afrol News, 5 June - The Chikungunya epidemic in the popular Indian Ocean islands destinations has had an uneven effect. In Réunion, the hardest hit island, the season is described as a disaster and strategies to "reconstruct" the entire sector are being launched. In Mauritius, on the other hand, tourist arrivals increased by six percent in the first quarter of 2006.

Economy - Development | Technology
Pan-African e-network hub may go to Mauritius

afrol News, 23 May - Mauritius is one of three or four countries short-listed for the setting up of the "Continental Hub Earth Station" in the wake of the implementation of the Pan-African e-network Project. The India-funded giant project - estimated at more than US$ 1 billion - is to connect 53 African countries through satellite, fibre optics as well as wireless links, in addition to provide tele-medicine and tele-education to Africans.

Science - Education | Economy - Development | Labour
Mauritius urges laureates to return home

afrol News, 27 April - The President of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, today urged laureates of the 2005 Higher School Certificate examinations to return to their island state as "good patriots" after their higher studies so as to assist the country in achieving higher economic growth. Mauritius is a major victim of the "brain drain" towards Europe and America.

Health | Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Also Indian Ocean tourists hit by chikungunya virus

afrol News, 6 April - While Mauritius and the French island of Réunion are reporting of a decreasing number of people being infected with the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, the number of deaths attributed to the epidemic is reaching 160. Despite earlier claims from Seychelles that "no tourists" had been infected, European clinics are registering a growing number of persons returning from the Indian Ocean islands with the disease.

Politics | Society | Human rights
Evicted Chagos islanders granted short visit home

afrol News, 4 April - A group of 102 Chagossians living in Mauritius and Seychelles has finally been granted a chance to visit their Indian Ocean archipelago, from which they were all evicted in the 1960s to construct a US military base. The British archipelago is claimed by Mauritius. Islanders are left three days to visit deserted villages and graveyards. According to several Chagossians living in Britain, they were not invited to the historic visit, causing loud protests.

Economy - Development | Politics
Mauritian Premier discussing sugar, textiles in France

afrol News, 29 March - Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navin Ramgoolam, is on a three-day official visit to France, hoping to gain support for his island's special situation as the European Union (EU) is reforming its trade policies on sugar and textiles, two main export articles. Mr Ramgoolam heads a large delegation which is to meet French President Jacques Chirac, ministers and business leaders.

Health | Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Mosquitoes in Paradise: Chikungunya epidemic spreads

afrol News, 7 March - The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus is jumping from one island to another in the Indian Ocean region. Island states that are known as "Paradise" to tourists stand helpless in their fight against the mosquitoes. Some 157,000 people have been infected in the French island Réunion alone, and the virus has got a firm hold on Seychelles, Mauritius and Mayotte (French) as well. Tourists are afraid to go as the epidemic spreads.

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