Mauritius and Madagascar are taking cautionary measures as an approaching Cyclone Freddy is expected to bring heavy rains, floods and landslides to the island nations.

Cyclone Freddy: Mauritius cancels flights, Madagascar braces for heavy rains, floods

A group of lawyers have accused the UK government of coercing the Sri Lankan-Tamil refugees to leave the British-controlled Diego Garcia territory in the Indian Ocean.

Lawyers accuse UK govt of letting Tamil refugees leave in boats without safety procedure in Indian Ocean

Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, on Tuesday, while speaking at an event to commemorate the relations between India and Mauritius expressed gratitude to New Delhi for their continued support and unwavering commitment to making CECPA a reality.

Mauritius PM hails India for CECPA agreement, says it fosters trade between the two countries

UK's ownership of the Chagos archipelago is officially being challenged. This happened after the Mauritian ambassador to the UN, Jagdish Koonjul, in a ceremony on Monday, raised his country’s flag.

Mauritius challenges UK’s ownership of Chagos islands

Cooperation between India and Mauritius, including in maritime security, has translated the vision of SAGAR - Security and Growth for All in the Region - into action, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

Modi, Jugnauth jointly inaugurate, launch India-assisted projects in Mauritius

The captain and first officer of a cargo ship that crashed into a coral reef off Mauritius, unleashing the Indian Ocean archipelago's worst environmental disaster, were sentenced to 20 months in jail.

Mauritius Oil Spill: Captain and first officer get 20-month jail terms

It has been more than a year since the Mauritius oil spill and in the latest now coming in a court in Mauritius has handed a 20-month jail sentence to the captain and first mate for freighter which crashed into a coral reef in July of 2020 causing the Indian Ocean archipelago's worst environmental disaster.

Ship captain sentenced to 20 months imprisonment over Mauritius oil spill

Get a gist of the COVID situation in different parts of the world. The COVID situation is grim in Australia. Cases have suddenly increased in New Zealand owing to the Delta variant of Coronavirus. Countries including Israel have mandated COVID vaccines for its citizens. Meanwhile, Mauritius has recorded a drop in weekly COVID cases.

COVID situation in different parts of the globe get grim

Three Chinese nationals and two Mauritanians were kidnapped in southwest Mali on Saturday, the country's armed forces said, in the latest attack in the war-torn Sahel state.

Three Chinese, two Mauritanians kidnapped in Mali

Taxi driver George Lepoigner says he can't wait for the tourists to start flocking back to the sun-soaked beaches of Mauritius. The Indian Ocean island nation opened up its doors to international travel on Thursday, after long months of isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic.

'Resort bubbles' as Mauritius reopens to vaccinated sun-seekers

Mauritania's former president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Tuesday jailed after a judge in charge of a corruption probe ordered his incarceration, his party and prosecutors said.

Mauritanian ex-leader facing graft charges jailed

India will be marking a national day of mourning on Saturday, June 05 as a mark of respect for the former Prime Minister of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth. The national flag will be flown at half-mast on the day of mourning throughout India and there will be no official entertainment.

Anerood Jugnauth's demise: India to mark national day of mourning on Saturday

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is on his two-day visit to Mauritius, offered prayers at the holy Ganga Talao on Wednesday morning. "Offered prayers at the holy Ganga Talao this morning.

Jaishankar offers prayers at holy Ganga Talao in Mauritius

India's External Minister S. Jaishanker is currently on a two days visit to Mauritius. On Monday he met the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and discussed important bilateral issues. The highlight of the meeting was the free trade agreement signed between the two sides.

WION Fineprint: India-Mauritius sign key defence, trade pacts

In a major development, India signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with Mauritius during External Affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar's visit to the country. The FTA or CECPA is the first such pact with any African country and is being considered a milestone in commercial ties.

India signs FTA with Mauritius, extends $100 million defence line of credit

Two crew members from a tugboat involved in cleaning up an oil spill off Mauritius were killed late on Monday when their vessel collided with a barge in bad weather, a local lawmaker said.

Two Mauritians killed in accident near site of Japanese ship oil spill

The scientists said that the spill has caused the massive poisonous shock to the system for the Mauritius where tourism and fishing are the main stage of the economy where the damage will have a lasting impact.

Mauritius Oil Spill: An Ecological Catastrophe

Dead dolphins that washed up in Mauritius near the site of an oil spill have so far been found to have wounds on their bodies but no trace of oil.

Video: Autopsy finds wounds but no oil on dolphins washed up near Mauritius spill

As nearly 40 dead dolphins washed up on the shore after the tragic and massive oil spill in Mauritius, locals are demanding a detailed investigation of the same.

Thousands take to streets to protest over dead dolphins in Mauritius

At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese boat, officials and witnesses said on Friday, as a witness described the moment one mother dolphin died in front of him.

At least 40 dolphins die in area hit by Mauritius oil spill

Eighteen melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, the country's fisheries minister said, dismissing any link to a devastating oil spill earlier this month.

18 dead dolphins wash up on Mauritius coast after oil spill by Japanese ships

Japan's expert team on Sunday (August 23) evening published a video showing coral reefs in the area of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran around off Mauritius.

Japanese experts check Mauritius coral reef after oil spill

Mauritian authorities on Tuesday arrested the Indian captain of a Japanese-owned shipwrecked off the island nation's coast, spewing tonnes of oil into pristine waters, police said.

Mauritius arrests Indian captain, deputy of oil-spill ship

Police on Mauritius have arrested Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, the captain of the Japanese carrier that ran aground off the coast last month, spilling 1,000 metric tonnes of oil and causing possible irreparable damage to coral reefs.

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