AllAfrica News: Mauritius
What's happening, Mauritius?
Dad, Meet the Vacuum Cleaner
"Lions on the move: The progress and Potential of African Economies". This is the title of a report prepared by the internationally reputed Mc Kinsey Global Institute. It is a must to read for all those who have doubts about the future of Africa.
The African Economic Renaissance - Opportunities for Mauritius (Part I)
Some 23 players of the national football team have been called to camp in preparation for the upcoming encounter against the Mauritius Island next September 4.
23 Lions Called to Camp
This week, our guests have been invited to comment on the first hundred days of the new government. One of them sees it as "forlorn and in sulky mood", another uses a nice sporting metaphor to introduce a hymn of praise for it. The others fall somewhere in between... and even add a touch of humour to the debate.
The First Hundred Days - Different Viewpoints, Different Perceptions
When Finance minister, Pravind Jugnauth, called a press conference Friday last to announce an Economic Restructuring and Competitiveness Programme (ERCP), he took everybody by surprise. The press, the opposition, the export processing sector, the tourist industry, the SMEs and the opposition were taken by surprise by this Rs 12 billion stimulus package, the third of its type since the recession broke loose, followed by the euro crisis.
Euro Crisis - Funding Private Deficits with Public Money
At one point during our conversation, the phone goes dead. Much later, Rudolf Elmer, one of the world's most infamous whistleblowers and the former chief executive officer of private Swiss bank Julius Baer's Cayman Islands operations, would rattle off to me a list of possible intelligence services that might have been involved.
Tax Havens in Africa
The ministry of Health congratulates itself on sending more and more Mauritians for surgery abroad. While this is positive for the patients involved, it reveals a serious lack in the provision of health care, especially in the neurosurgery sector.
Health Sector in Crisis - The Outsourcing of Surgery
While conflicts in Somalia and Sudan dominated the headlines, governance in Africa also came under discussion on the sidelines of the 15th African Union (AU) Summit, held on the shimmering shores of Lake Victoria at the luxurious Munyonyo Resort outside Kampala, Uganda.
Few Heads of State Attend Peer Review