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The Committee set up by the government to provide an “effective remedy” (as enjoined by the UN Human Rights Committee further to the case brought before it by

Numerous academic studies have been undertaken to explain the factors that have contributed to Mauritius successfully overcoming the local constraints present at the time of Independence, and moving

Mauritians should not be lulled into believing that Paul Bérenger is switching back to an opposition mode – what in fact he is paid for from public funds

The ongoing saga about a possible LP-MMM alliance is showing one surprise after another, which is perhaps not unexpected given the complexity of the political situation. However, those

At his press conference following the meeting of the Bureau Politique of the Labour Party as Guy Rozemont Square yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister first said that free

In line with the stand we have taken so far, we are not concerned about the histrionics of any of the leaders involved in the negotiations regarding electoral

have to be put to the people clearly and sanctioned by them

The petition made by Resistans ek Alternativ, a political group, before the UN Commission on Human Rights and the response of the latter have taken local politics into

Leaders of the MMM and the Labour Party stated on last Friday and Monday this week, respectively, that they failed to reach agreement on the discussions they had

Information had been coming out in public in rapid succession these past days, not only about the proposed electoral reform which the Prime Minister detailed out in a

The local political cauldron has been in ebullition since March 24th when the Prime Minister announced an electoral reform program. The apparent reason for the reform proposed is

More than 800 million voters started casting votes in India on 7th April for a 543-member people’s assembly or Lok Sabha. Votes will be counted on 16th May.

Usually, capital flows into suitable projects which hold a promise of a good return on the investment. Such capital (referred to as foreign direct investment (FDI) by the

In his ‘Modernising the Electoral System’ proposals for elections reform, which he made public this week for popular consultation, Dr Navin Ramgoolam seems to have achieved a balance

Last week we took the position that there is no point in speculating about what the White Paper on Electoral Reform to be released shortly, as announced by