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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Shola Lawal

Mauritius election 2024: Amid wiretapping scandal, what’s at stake?

Supporters of Alliance du Changement party hold flags as they gather to attend a campaign rally led by former Mauritius prime minister and candidate, Navin Ramgoolam, in Port Louis on November 3, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Mauritian general election [Laura Morosoli/AFP]

Some one million eligible voters in the Indian Ocean Mauritius will head out to vote on Sunday amid an explosive scandal that has implicated government figures in a covert wiretapping operation.

Since independence from Britain in 1968, the southeast African country has maintained a strong, vibrant parliamentary democracy. This will be its 12th national election.

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