Mauritius, a country of 1.3 million people, has seen remarkable stability and growth since independence from Britain in 1968, building an economy based on tourism, manufacturing and financial ...

The president is head of state but has a titular role, with the prime minister exercising full executive powers and authority over government. Mauritius ... is driven by tourism -- the islands ...

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius blocked access to social media ... Thursday by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority to block access to all social media platforms.

Mauritius votes on Sunday in a tight election race that has been clouded by a wiretapping scandal in a nation usually touted as one of Africa’s most stable and prosperous democracies. The ...

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius holds a parliamentary election ... of its revenues from a flourishing offshore financial sector, tourism and textiles. It has forecast 6.5% economic growth this ...

Mauritius was voting Sunday in a close-fought parliamentary election, with police at polling stations as the opposition warned about the risk of fraud in a nation touted as one of Africa's most ...

The Mauritius government has ended its recent suspension of social media, which threatened voters’ access to information ahead of the general elections on November 10. Social media is an ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Indian Ocean-island nation of Mauritius will hold a national election this weekend, when Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth seeks to win a second term as leader of a nation ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access ... to national security and instructed the ...