Mauritius

LAUNCHING RMM

Formed from dissidents of Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) behind deputy prime minister Prem Nababsing and industry minister Jean Claude De [...]

SWALEY KASENALLY

Initially planned for September first (see "Launching RMM" on page [...]

EGT TO SUPPLY TURBINE

The Central Electricity Board finally signed a contract in mid-August with European Gas Turbines (GEC-Alsthom) for the supply of a [...]

EDOUARD MAUNICK

As The Indian Ocean Newsletter reported earlier (ION N° 631), the Republic of South Africa has accepted the appointment of [...]

Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority (MEDIA) is to organize [...]

ALBERT ZAFY

Head of state Albert Zafy is expected to arrive on [...]

FALL OF A PASHA

As secretary for home affairs and head of the civil service (ION N° 629), Sir Bhinod Bacha was until last [...]

Bids have been received from eight foreign companies for an [...]

CEB CONTRACT PROBE

A board of inquiry has been set up by the Mauritius parliament to look into a contract awarded by the [...]

On July 14, deputy prime minister Prem Nababsing presented to [...]

INQUIRY ON A CEB CONTRACT

Mauritian prime minister Anerood Jugnauth last week accepted the call by the Leader of the Opposition (and of the Labor [...]

VISHNU LUTCHMEENARAIDOO

Mauritius' former finance minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, who made a successful political comeback recently by launching the Mouvement des Démocrates Libéraux, [...]

SUGAR PLANTERS SIGN UP

The Mauritian government and the Mauritius Sugar Producers Association (MSPA) on June 30 finally signed the protocol of agreement which [...]

EDOUARD MAUNICK

According to unconfirmed reports, the Mauritian poet Edouard Maunick, who [...]

DEFECTORS' PARTY

The group of defectors from Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MMM) led by deputy prime minister Prem Nababsing and industry minister Jean [...]

PACKAGE DEAL FOR SUGAR

The Mauritius minister of finance Rama Sithanen and his colleague the agriculture minister Kailash Ruhee have been negotiating for several [...]

The French hotel group Accor has filed suit before the [...]

BHINOD BACHA

Returning home on June 18 from Tunis (where he attended the Organization of African Unity summit) and from Paris (where [...]

THE 1994-1995 BUDGET

The Mauritian finance minister, Rama Sithanen, submitted his budget for 1994-1995 to parliament on June 20 which covers total expenditure [...]