Mauritius

GAETAN DUVAL

The leader of the PMSD party (and former tourism minister) [...]

FREE TRADE ZONE GETS UNION CRITICISM

Ahead of the Brussels-based World Confederation of Labour (WCL) 23rd congress, due to be held in Mauritius from November 22 [...]

SHELL TO BUILD NEW LPG STORAGE

Shell plans to invest 180 million rupees (roughly $10.1 million) [...]

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 [...]

BOOSTING EXPORTS

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

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 [...]