Picture this: turquoise waters, sandy beaches, and lush mountains all wrapped up in one spectacular island getaway. That's Mauritius for you – a paradise that caters to every kind of traveler ...

Mauritius is much more than just a beach destination – it’s a country with a unique culture, blending Indian, African, French, and British influences.

Mauritius is much more than just a beach destination – it’s a country with a unique culture, blending Indian, African, French, and British influences.

Mauritius's water supplies are running very low. As a small island, it is affected by tropical cyclones, rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and a warming ocean. Rainfall levels have decreased ...

But despite the U.K. paying 3 million pounds for the islands, Mauritius has argued it was illegally forced to give them away as part of a deal to gain independence from Britain. International ...

The World Bank has noted that Mauritius’s traditional exports are less competitive. Annual sugar exports are under half their peak in the 1980s (preferential access to EU countries ended in 2009).

Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago. Once dependent on sugar exports, the island has built up a strong outsourcing and financial services sector, as well as an important ...

Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the UK kept control of the Chagos islands and forcibly displaced an estimated 2,000 native people to establish the Diego Garcia base, which was leased to ...

PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS — The Indian Ocean tourist meccas of Mauritius and La Reunion braced Thursday for an intense tropical storm, Cyclone Garance, which was labelled a "direct threat" to the ...

Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago. Once dependent on sugar exports, the island has built up a strong outsourcing and financial services sector, as well as an important ...