Full Coverage: Mauritius

22.10.2008 Exiled families longing to return to their native islands in the Indian Ocean - from which they were expelled by Britain to make way for a US military base - cannot return home, Britain's highest court has ruled.
+ The Chagossians fate
+ Previous coverage

24.06.2008 Ahead of a key House of Lords hearing, Sean Carey reflects on the disgraceful way Britain annexed a group of islands and dislodged a people to give the US an airbase.

12.03.2008 Two British human rights campaigners have been arrested at sea off Diego Garcia - the Indian Ocean island that Britain has leased to the U.S. for controversial military activity.
+ Reports from The People's Navy

26.06.2007 A leader of the Chagossian community - expelled from their Indian Ocean island home by Britain to allow development of a U.S. nuclear base - has attacked the UK government's decision to appeal against the third High Court ruling in their favour as “heartless and callous.”
+ Don't Appeal, UK Urged
+ Diega Garcia background
+ Islanders fight 'the final round'

23.05.2007 The UK Chagos Support Association has welcomed today's court ruling against the British government's "secret and illegal" attempt to banish Chagossians to make way for a U.S. nuclear base and urged London not to waste yet more taxpayers' money on another appeal.
+ Chagos Islanders win right to return-British court rules in their favour
+ Diego Garcia backgrounder

15.02.2007 The British Government’s bid to reverse a High Court ruling in favour of Indian Ocean islanders evicted from their homes 40 years ago to make way for a U.S. nuclear base is in its final day.

29.03.2006 Nearly 100 exiles from the Chagos islands will pay a brief visit to their homelands on Thursday, 40 years after their illegal removal by the British Government to make way for a US military base on the main island, Diego Garcia.

17.02.2006 L.J.C. Autrey, S. Ramasamy and K.F. Ng Kee Kwong describe the achievements in the process of introducing precision farming technologies in Mauritius, and the challenges ahead.

06.02.2006 This paper sets out to locate Mauritian SMEs in the present context of global competition and more particularly to identify the extent to which they have adopted ICTs as a tool to meet the challenges which they now face.

30.08.2005 Five years ago the idea of digital television in Africa would have seemed absurd. Now two countries have announced their intention to offer digital television. Senegal seems to have been first into the game, launching a pilot at the end of last year with 200 trial subscribers.

17.05.2005 Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Raymond Bernger today inaugurates the Government Online Centre and the new Government Portal of the country.

25.08.2004 The African Computing and Telecommunications Summit will be held in Mauritius from 7-9 September 2004. ACT 2004 aims to help build partnerships in mainstreaming Africa’s ICT sector.

12.08.2004 A recent decision by the government of Mauritius to investigate the possibility of instituting sanctions against private radio stations has raised concern among media freedom groups.

14.01.2004 First came California's Silicon Valley, then India took the honours. Next, if all goes according to plan, the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius hopes to lead the way in Africa, by transforming itself into a "cyber island".

12.01.2004 First came California's Silicon Valley, then India took the honours. Next, if all goes according to plan, the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius hopes to lead the way in Africa, by transforming itself into a "cyber island."

24.12.2003 With an initial input of just $2,500 - the price of a second-hand Toyota car - Mauritius has set up a computer network aimed at transforming the tiny Indian Ocean country into a cyber island.

14.01.2003 The low-level delegation and exclusive focus on trade reflect the woefully lacking U.S. agenda for this week's trade talks in Africa, charges Africa Action. An IMF Working Paper argues that AGOA's benefits to Africa will be limited by conditions imposed by U.S. trade rules. Mauritians and others plan protests.

09.12.2002 Sixth grade students in Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Tanzania are outperforming their peers throughout southern, eastern and central Africa. An educational quality survey said the lowest performances came from students in Lesotho, Namibia and Uganda.

30.10.2002 Citizens of the island nation of Mauritius are hoping to develop new skills and participate in online communities thanks to innovative government efforts. The government plans to bring them the benefits of the Internet by tapping into a fibre optic cable that runs through Mauritius.

01.10.2002 ICTs are helping governments become more transparent and accountable to citizens, UNESCO has said, citing a recently released joint study> conducted with the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development. But the 15-nation study also found new technologies "posing a challenge to traditional decision-making structures", the UN agency added.