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Mauritius government bans social media ahead of elections due to leaked wiretapping scandal, citing national security concerns.

The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month

Exclusive: British high commissioner hit in huge leak of purported phone conversations between high-profile Mauritian figures

The United Kingdom's recent decision to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former British colony, was a breakthrough, says Mauritian former foreign minister Jean-Claude de l'Estrac. But it isn't an unmitigated victory, he tells RFI, because the UK has been granted a long-term lease to maintain a military…

Lib Dems say ‘public deserve better’ after Tory MP and lawyer spent several days working in Mauritius in September

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively detached in 1965 from what was then the colony of Mauritius. Except for the US military base on Diego Garcia at…

Government offers migrants on Diego Garcia - part of the Chagos Islands - move to Romania in long-running asylum claims

Chagos Islanders protest UK's decision to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, retaining US military base on Diego Garcia.

After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony. The remote Indian Ocean archipelago will continue to host a US military base, but Chagossians exiled to make way for the base in the 1960s and 70s are questioning whether the deal…