M auritius 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 people of Mauritius, thousands and thousands, have come out to try to prevent as much damage as possible,” said Dowarkasing, who spoke from the relief efforts at Bois des Amourettes by ...

The legislative poll in the Indian Ocean archipelago follows a historic agreement last month that saw Britain cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... one million people are ...