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Alas, the world will always be a mixture of light and darkness. And so we have had our quota of all manner of upheavals throughout the past year

On 16 September 2002, a group of 19 people, who were born in the Chagos Archipelago, picked up their suitcases from the carousel at Gatwick Airport and, having

As a new year begins, one always hopes that things will be better than the year before. Unfortunately, this hope is often belied by events which burst on

Mauritius can increase its bargaining and political power for its economic advancement only when it has concretely joined up, like Singapore, with some of the most meaningful global

The Quest For

Letter from New Delhi

The United Nations proclaimed the 8th March as the UN Day for Women’s Rights and World Peace. This decision emphasises the concept that there can be no world

Let’s beware of our friends for, our enemies, we know them already

As in politics, so too in relations between countries: there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. These are so many that, as we regularly observe at UN

Throughout the campaign leading to the general elections that took place on Wednesday last, short though it was, a recurrent accusation against the opponent was that it had

All over the world politicians invent colourful expressions to pepper their speeches and win over the electorate. The more catchy ones become very popular and outlive the popularity

2013-2014 is likely to mark a new turn in the power struggle among major players in international politics, judging from unexpected developments in diplomatic events. The Syrian conflict

There is something called intrinsic worth or value, and nothing external can ever add or subtract to that

The world is so interconnected and networked now that events happening anywhere have the potential to affect everywhere, with impacts that may be of social, political, and economic

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) has been in existence for several years now, with a focus on three major killer and impoverishing diseases, namely malaria, tuberculosis and HIV-AIDS.