Condolences poured in from across the world over the death of Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, with the leaders of African nations expressing sorrow over the tragic shooting Friday during Abe’s speech in the city of Nara. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, prime minister of Mauritius, said he was deeply shocked…
Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius has called for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, saying the pandemic has made painfully clear the inequities that exist between the world’s richer nations and their impoverished counterparts around the globe. “Such an access is key to change the course of the pandemic and…
Officials in Mauritius say they’ve offloaded nearly all the fuel that was still trapped aboard the ill-fated MV Wakashio, the Japanese-owned ship that is stranded and leaking oil into a protected marine area of the Indian Ocean island nation. That’s according to Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday, as he…
The French government is sending assistance to Mauritius, in order to help the Indian Ocean island nation deal with a shipwrecked tanker that is now leaking oil into a protected marine area. “When biodiversity is in danger, there is an urgent need to act. France is there,” said President Emmanuel…
The Government of Mauritius issued a statement Friday condemning the decision of the United Kingdom, which has refused to abide by international legal decisions that require the UK to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Those decisions included a nonbinding ruling by the International Court of Justice, the principal court…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will be sworn in to his second term on Thursday, following the announcement of election results released last week. Among the global leaders planning to attend the ceremony is Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius, who is of Indian origin and whose Indian Ocean…
The United Nations General Assembly has voted in support of a motion to censure the decades-long UK occupation of the Chagos Islands, and it called Wednesday for a reunification of the Indian Ocean archipelago with the island nation of Mauritius within six months. There were 116 votes for the motion, with…
Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth of Mauritius drew on his own nation’s experience with absorbing refugees and forced displacement, in remarks that opened a three-day discussion on solutions for African nations dealing with the internally displaced. Jugnauth told participants at the Africa Dialogue Series at the United Nations in New York…
It’s not been two weeks since World Bank released its annual “Ease of Doing Business” report, which ranks countries on their business-friendly environment. It named Mauritius as the best country in Africa – less than two points behind Germany, and ahead of Thailand, Spain, France and Japan. What’s clouded this…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times