Mauritius News

FOUR British women, including one from Wales, spoke today of their hope of becoming the first females to row across the Indian Ocean.

Name: Giant Tortoise Scientific Name: Cylindraspis indica, Cylindraspis inepta, Cylindraspis peltastes, Cylindraspis triserrata, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, Dipsochelys hololissa, Dipsochelys arnoldi, Geochelone gigantea/Dipspchelys dussumieri Height: 4 feet long Average Adult Weight: Up to 660 pounds Life Span: up to 100 years.

South Africa's Routledge Modise, which joined Eversheds' international network last April, is changing its name to Eversheds.

The island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean may be tiny, but boy, is it diverse and vibrant.

Thousands of workers in the textile and manufacturing industry in Mauritius have been forced into unemployment and poverty within the last few months, as factories announced multiple rounds of job cuts due to the global financial crisis.

In the 20 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, all West African countries have ratified it.

By 2050, the contribution of hydrofluorocarbons to global warming will be more than that of current global CO2 emissions from houses and office buildings.

Louis Onesime sits in the house he shares with 26 family members in Port Louis, Mauritius, in January 2005.

Delegates negotiating for a global climate deal at the cu rrent climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, have condemned Japan's disclosure o n Wednesday that it would reduce its emission by only 8% by 2020, saying "this la c ks any level of ambition." The announcement by Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso at a time when delegates are gathered in Bonn ...

After three days doing business in and around Port Louis, I used the weekend to drive the island.

Chinese President Hu Jintao has appointed six new ambassadors in line with decisions adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

Ghana's year-on-year annual inflation rate rose marginally to 20.56 per cent in April, up from 20.53 per cent in March, the Ghana Statisti c al Service said on Friday.

Mauritius Tourism together with the national carrier Air Mauritius is offering an all inclusive package starting from Rs.40,000 for 6 nights / 7 days from New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.

A member of parliament from the Renaissance Pary of Beni n, Paulin Tomanaga, passed away on Thursday evening at the National University H ospital Centre of Cotonou, following a road accident which occurred on hi s way to Abomey city, in the south of the country.

Mauritian Foreign Affairs Minister Arvin Boolell has announced that Mauritian citizens will be travelling visa-free to Europe for a maximum period of three months duri ng a six-month period starting 1 June.

THEY SAY FOOTBALL is a universal language, but naming a whole village after an English Premiership team could be taking devotion to the beautiful game a bit too far.

Mauritius has intensified surveillance measures i n response to the pandemic alert on swine influenza, a PANA correspondent has learnt from the Health Ministry on Friday.

Just like people, the items that we collect are random and individual. Some serious collectors have opened their unique finds for the public to enjoy.

Earthstone Group has a pleasure to report that Pankaj Shah, its Chairman and CEO, is honored with this years Exceptional Entrepreneurial chievers Excellence Award by the NRI Institute for his outstanding business achievements.

Rwandan Head of State, Paul Kagame, on Saturday launch ed a national campaign against pneumonia, in a bid to reduce infant mortality ra t e in the small central African country where nearly 85% of children die from pneumococcus virus contamination before their fifth birthday.