Mauritius

CHARGE OF THE FRANCOPHONE BRIGADE

France's culture and Francophony minister, Jacques Toubon, recently summed up the work he expected to be done at the Francophone [...]

EIB LOAN FOR WATER

Mauritius finance minister Ramakrishna Sithanen took advantage of a visit to Luxembourg last week to sign the protocol of agreement [...]

A PLEA TO EC

The island's industry minister, Jean Claude De L'Estrac, went to Brussels on September 20 to plead with the Commissioner for [...]

SOUNDING OUT SOUTH AFRICA

The industry minister, Jean Claude De L'Estrac, recently returned from South Africa after heading a trade mission during which some [...]

LESLIE ALEXANDER

The United States' new ambassador to Mauritius is expected to take up his post at the end of September, after [...]

CASSAM UTEEM

Mauritius' head of state this week began a tour of [...]

According to estimates by the cane sugar growers association, the [...]

GAETAN DUVAL

The former Mauritius minister and leader of the PMSD party [...]

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

The secretary general of African National Congress (ANC) has announced [...]

PROJECTS FOR BELGIUM'S BESIX

Belgian construction company Besix hopes to be awarded several contracts in the market for major construction projects in Mauritius, according [...]

AHMUD SWALAY KASENALLY

Prime minister Anerood Jugnauth has named Ahmud Swalay Kasenally foreign minister, replacing Paul Berenger (see page 3, this issue). A [...]

A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE

The prime minister of Mauritius (and leader of the MSM group) Anerood Jugnauth carried out a mini-reshuffle of ministerial portfolios [...]

The Association des Universités Partiellement ou Entièrement de Langue Française [...]

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GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE IN PERIL

Once again in the throws of an internal crisis (ION N° 566), the government alliance of prime minister Anerood Jugnauth's MSM party and the MMM party of Paul Berenger and Prem Nababsing is, this time, on the brink of explosion.

BOOSTING EXPORTS

Industry minister Jean Claude de l'Estrac is to lead a trade mission from twenty-six Mauritius enterprises to Cape Town, South [...]

Three enterprises are competing in the call for bids issued [...]

EMMANUELLE D'ACHON

A first secretary in France's Washington embassy has been named [...]

ANAND NEEWOOR

Mauritius' new ambassador to the United States, who has been [...]

WINNING BIDS FOR SHELL AND BP

Shell and BP have been awarded contracts from the State [...]