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Afrol Mauritius Index Page: Links to Mauritius

The Mauritius Index Page

Welcome to our guide to links about Mauritius in the www. On the left, an updated list of contents. For those wanting to read some general information, statistics, etc. about Mauritius, see our Background Page or go to general information in the link list.

If you are looking for first hand information of high scientific value about Mauritius, have a look at our Mauritius Searches - the direct access to the databases of several UN-organizations and others. It's right below!

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Mauritius INDEX

Contents

Media & Government
Media (21)

The Press in Mauritius (3)

Press reporting about Mauritius (6)

International Press (8)

News/Discussion Groups (3)

 

 

Government (47)

 

 

 

Personal Home Pages, Mauritians (0)

Other (55)

Cities & Towns (0)

Companies (1)

Culture (3)

Economy (10)

Education (1)

Environment/Nature (3)

General information (8)

Human Rights (2)

Internet/Telecom Services (3)

Links/Resource Pages (8)

Nature/Environment (3)

Organizations (0)

Politics (5)

Read about Mauritius (8)

Resource Pages/Links (8)

Sports (1)

Telecom/Internet Services (3)

Travel (10)


Mauritius Searches

Here 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 & Press

Here, 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 Mauritius

L'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 Mauritius

Africa 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 press

Le 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 Groups

Africa 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 Offices

National Institutions:
The Bank of Mauritius 
The Government of Mauritius 
The Office of the President 
The Prime Minister's Office 
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology & Natural Resources:
          The Cane Planters and Millers Arbitration and Control Board, ACB 
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.  
The Ministry for Civil Service Affairs & Administrative Reform 
The Ministry of Defence & Home Affairs 
The Ministry of Economic Development, Productivity & Regional Development:
          The Central Statistical Office, CSO
The Ministry of Education and Scientific Research 
The Ministry of Environment, Human Resource Development & Employment 
The Ministry of External Communications & the Outer Islands 
The Ministry of Finance:
           The Mauritius Offshore Business Activities Authority, MOBAA
The Ministry of Fisheries & Cooperatives 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
has a website in French and English, with a short introduction to the objectives of the ministry. 
The Ministry of Health & Quality of Life:
          The Mauritius Institute of Health, MIH
The Ministry of Housing and Lands 
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce:
          The Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority, MEDIA
          The Export Processing Zones Development Authority, EPZDA 
          The Small and Medium Industries Development Organisation, SMIDO
The Attorney-General's Office, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Corporate Affairs:
          The Companies Division 
The Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations 
The Ministry of Land Transport, Shipping & Port Development 
The Ministry of Local Government 
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure & Public Safety 
The Ministry of Public Utilities 
The Ministry for Rodrigues 
The Ministry of Social Security and National Solidarity:
          The Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Board 
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology:
          The Central Informatics Bureau, CIB
          The National Computer Board, NCB 
The Ministry of Tourism and Leisure:
          The Mauritius Tourist Promotion Authority, MTPA
The Ministry of Urban & Rural Development
The Ministry of Women, Family Welfare & Child Development
The Ministry of Youth and Sports 

Embassies and Representations in Foreign Countries:
The Mauritius Tourist Information Service in Wehrheim, Germany 
The Embassy of Mauritius in Washington, United States of America is frequently updated and offers some practical  information about how travel to Mauritius.

Transnational Institutions:
Common 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

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.


Other

Cities & Towns

 

 

Companies

The Bank of Mauritius

 

Culture

The 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.  

 

 

 

Economy

The Bank of Mauritius

Common 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 Central Statistical Office, CSO

The Ministry of Finance:
           The Mauritius Offshore Business Activities Authority, MOBAA

The Ministry of Fisheries & Cooperatives 

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.

 

 

Education

The Ministry of Education and Scientific Research 

 

 

Environment/Nature

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Technology & Natural Resources:
          The Cane Planters and Millers Arbitration and Control Board, ACB

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 Mauritius

The 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. 
   Another informative site is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Yet another, the travel warnings to each country of the world, by the same department.

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 Rights

The 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 

 

 

Organisations

 

 

Politics

 The most informative site about human rights in Mauritius is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Mauritius.

Elections in Mauritius is a document realized by the website Elections around the world. 

Political Parties:
Mauritius Labour Party 
Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) 
Socialist Workers Party 

 

Resource Pages/Links

AdmiNet's Mauritius Page offers an ample, well organized list of links.

Africa dot com's Mauritius page with a general presentation, basic data and general travel information.

In Afrique francophone, only in French, you'll find links to some sites in francophone countries and francophone Africa in general. 

The Index on Africa' Mauritius page includes various links. The index is created by The Norwegian Council for Africa, with the aim to strengthen the knowledge of Africa and African affairs. Their main page also has news and there are links to all countries on the continent.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and links to some Spanish spoken sites.

L'Afrique sur Internet is the website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to some site in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 and many bad connections.

 

 

Sports

The Ministry of Youth and Sports 

 

Telecom/Internet Services

The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology:
          The Central Informatics Bureau, CIB
          The National Computer Board, NCB 

Network Startup Resource Center Mauritius Page contains information about telecommunications, internet services and networking in Mauritius.

The trade union Overseas Telecommunications Services Employees Association (OTSEA) presents itself and the Mauritian Telecommunications Sector. 

 

 

 

Travel

Africaguide.com is a website with complete travel information on 51 African countries. In its pages about Mauritius you'll find data about region and towns, accommodation, tours and more.

Atevo travel destinations offers practical data about Mauritius, besides some travel guides. 

Excite Travel has a site-page on Mauritius with some useful information and maps.

The INFOHUB travel guide to Mauritius has useful travel information, including links on accommodation and transportation.

Lonely Planet, the famous publisher of budget travel guides, has pages on each African country. On their Mauritius Page you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money & costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning. Detailed facts only in the guide books.

The Mauritius Tourist Information Service in Wehrheim, Germany 

The Ministry of Tourism and Leisure:
          The Mauritius Tourist Promotion Authority, MTPA

The U.S. State Department files travel information and warnings for all countries, world wide. Their annually updated pages contain a short description of the country and useful information about safety, crime rate, health services and insurance. Aimed at U.S. citizens, but useful for anybody. Go directly to their Mauritius Page.

World Travel Guide's entry to Mauritius: This is a good, informative and well organised site. Lists all kind of practical information (passport, visa, etc.) and has an introduction to Mauritian tourist sites. Guides exist to all countries. You might want to go to their Africa Page. Also a German entry. Recommended.

 


Personal Home Pages - Mauritians

 

 


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