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Pink pigeons in Mauritius made a remarkable comeback from near-extinction – but are still losing genetic diversity

Back in the 1980s there were just ten or so pink pigeons left in the wild. Known to scientists as Nesoenas mayeri, the species is found only on Mauritius, the Indian Ocean island that was once home to the dodo. Like the dodo, the pink pigeon made an easy target…

The Conversation

Christmas Island residents going without fresh produce, postal services due to supply chain woes

While the Indian Ocean territory has had its fair share of isolation-related issues, recent wait times for deliveries have blown out severely, with some residents saying it's putting their health at risk.

ABC News

In this young singer’s ‘UniHERse’, gender equality is key

PANAJI: Akshada Bandekar took up singing at the tender age of three and has been in the limelight since, with her on-stage performances across Goa and beyond. She has always believed in harnessing her music for social causes, right from the time she held a fund-raiser concert at age six…

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Rajnath Singh, S. Jaishankar to address 4-day Indian Navy commanders conference

The commanders are expected to have specific deliberations on the Chinese Navy's increasing forays into the Indian Ocean

The Hindu

First COVID, now floods empty South Africa's eastern beach resorts

After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African resorts along the popular eastern Indian Ocean coastline were hoping for a bumper Easter weekend.

Reuters

Why Marine Le Pen's far-right political agenda has taken hold in French Mayotte

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen registered her highest score in the first round of the 2022 presidential election in the overseas French department of Mayotte, an Indian Ocean archipelago located 8,000 km from Paris.

France 24

Edinburgh welcomes massive Dutch navy submarine with anti-nuclear torpedos

HNLMS Zeeleeuw was towed into port at Leith for a pit stop earlier this week after previously taking part in a Nato-backed global anti-piracy operation in the Indian Ocean

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India plans power project in Sri Lanka after China's shelved

India has agreed to set up power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands in a deal seen as a strategic victory in its competition with China for influence in the Indian Ocean

The Independent UK

India-Maldives partnership a ‘real force of stability’ for Indian Ocean region: Jaishankar

Jaishankar made the remarks while inaugurating the National College for Policing and Law Enforcement (NCPLE) in the Maldives’ Addu city

The Hindu

Mauritius challenges UK rights over Indian Ocean domain name

Right to license .io address being challenged on grounds Britain no longer has legitimate claim to Chagos Islands

The Guardian - UK

Indian Ocean marine parks off Christmas Island and Cocos Islands get the go-ahead

After months of consultation with locals, plans for two marine parks off Christmas Island and Cocos Islands are set to proceed.

ABC News

Geography gives India an advantage: Navy

Building capacity to counter whatever capacity China can bring into the region, it tells House Committee

The Hindu

Seychelles follows Maldives in easing travel rules for vaccinated

Indian Ocean nation asks for a booster after six months

The Independent UK

Weather scientists forecast normal monsoon this year

PUNE: El Nino-Southern Oscillation forecasts so far suggested a normal monsoon this year, weather scientists in India told TOI on Wednesday.

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Stunning deepwater rose-veiled fairy wrasse confirmed as new species

The rose-veiled fairy wrasse lives on reefs as far as 150 metres below the surface of the Indian Ocean and was first recorded in the 1990s — but scientists have only just discovered it is a new species

The Conversation

Rwanda has reopened the border with Uganda but distrust could close it again

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse on the Northern Corridor, one of East Africa’s key transport arteries that funnels goods from the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda abruptly closed the border in…

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Cypriot Defense Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Look Forward to Establishing Defense Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

Cypriot Defense Minister Charalambos Petrides revealed his country’s intention to conclude imminent bilateral agreements with Saudi Arabia on defense, military and security cooperation. He stressed the need to enhance the maritime security of waterways in the eastern Mediterranean, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Lashes Washington over Quad, North Korea

China’s top diplomat on Monday accused Washington of trying to create an Asian version of the US-European NATO military alliance and said it is up to the Biden administration to improve relations with North Korea. US policy toward East Asia and the Indian Ocean and efforts to strengthen military ties…

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African states need a vision for relations with the Indo-Pacific

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association. Nine of the organisation’s member states are African, ranging from Somalia in the north west to South Africa in the south. It also includes islands, such as Mauritius, off the western seaboard. It brings together governments, business and…

Reuters

Fourteen people missing after Tanzanian aircraft crashes in Comoros, owner says

Rescuers in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros are searching for 14 passengers and crew on a Tanzania-registered light aircraft which crashed over the weekend, the plane's owner said on Monday.

The Conversation

At Unguja Ukuu, human activity transformed the coast of Zanzibar more than 1,000 years ago

The medieval settlement of Unguja Ukuu, on the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, was a key port in an extensive Indian Ocean trade network that linked eastern Africa, southern Arabia, India and Southeast Asia.

The Conversation

How the US and UK worked together to recolonise the Chagos Islands and evict Chagossians

On 15 February 2022 the Mauritian flag was raised on two Indian Ocean atolls, Peros Banos and Salomon, both belonging to the Chagos archipelago. This was the first time that Mauritius’ flag was raised in the Chagos Islands, even though there is clear evidence that these 60 islands form part…

Reuters

Cyclone Emnati hits Madagascar; island's 4th major storm in a month

Winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour (84 mph) battered Madagascar early on Wednesday as Cyclone Emnati made landfall, becoming the fourth major storm to hit the Indian Ocean island in a month.

The Conversation

Britain's ownership of the Chagos islands has no basis, Mauritius is right to claim them

The decolonisation of Mauritius was never fully completed. This is because, in 1965, the British government put islands belonging to Mauritius into a new colonial jurisdiction, the British Indian Ocean Territory, which still exists today. It is long past time for this colonial-era wrongdoing to be made right, and for…

Evening Standard

Finding a slice of paradise in Mauritius

In search of replenishment, Sarfraz Manzoor finds his sweet spot at this Indian Ocean paradise

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