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London, UK (PANA) - The United Kingdom agreed to cede its control over the Chagos Islands to the Republic of [...] Full text...
Activists from Africa, diaspora urge European govts to provide reparations
12 november 2024 - 15:46:45Berlin, Germany (PANA) - People from civil society, academia and the arts from the African continent and its global diasporas, [...] Full text...
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Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
04 october 2024 - 05:25:58London, UK (PANA) - The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos [...] Full text...
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Mauritius and UK reach agreement on status of the Chagos Archipelago
03 october 2024 - 15:31:16Washington, DC US (PANA) - Mauritius and the United Kingdom on Thursday reached an agreement on the status of the [...] Full text...
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HRW urges UK, US to announce full reparations for Chagossians on 50th anniversary of forced displacement
15 june 2023 - 05:56:42Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) – The governments of the United Kingdom and United States of America should mark the [...] Full text...
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UK, US criticised for expulsion of Chagos Islands’ indigenous people
15 february 2023 - 11:45:25London, UK (PANA) – The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and the United States governments and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to ensure continued operations of military base in Diego Garcia
25 december 2022 - 06:35:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has told members of the diplomatic corps that his country and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius commemorates Deportation of Chagossian Community
04 november 2022 - 06:59:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday commemorated the deportation of the Chagossian community from their homeland between 1965 and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to review Fisheries and Marine Resources (Licence and Fees) Regulations
10 september 2022 - 09:47:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will promulgate the Fisheries and Marine Resources (Licence and Fees) Regulations in a bid to [...] Full text...
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Mauritian flag raised on three islands of the Chagos
26 february 2022 - 08:10:13Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Friday that the Mauritian flag was raised on [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to undertake first scientific survey in Chagos Archipelago
08 february 2022 - 05:47:56Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Monday that a group of local and foreign [...] Full text...
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Mauritius renews offer to the US for long-term arrangement on Diego Garcia
09 december 2020 - 06:17:20Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday night told Parliament that the Government has renewed its [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Seychelles to reinforce bilateral cooperation
01 december 2020 - 08:54:52Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday reaffirmed Mauritius’ commitment to work closely with Seychelles on [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Seychelles sign MoUs on cyber crime, security and crime combating
30 november 2020 - 13:22:26Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Seychelles on Monday signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on cyber crime and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius wants to lease Diego Garcia Island to the US
09 november 2020 - 09:54:52Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Sunday renewed Mauritius' proposal for a long-term lease of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to pursue its claim for Chagos archipelago - PM Jugnauth
04 november 2020 - 14:07:48Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday said Mauritius is determined to pursue its fight [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM calls on British PM to return Chagos archipelago
14 december 2019 - 06:54:07Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Friday night called on his British counterpart Boris Johnson [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Chagos music on UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
11 december 2019 - 13:32:16Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) - The Sega tambour, a Mauritian type of music that originated from the Chagos archipelago, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Chagossians demand their land back
22 november 2019 - 15:34:59Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A hundred Chagossians, led by the leader of the Chagos Refugee Group, Olivier Bancoult, on [...] Full text...
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Chagos: Mauritius calls on UK to comply with obligations under international law
22 november 2019 - 00:15:53Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth Thursday called on the United Kingdom government to comply with its [...] Full text...
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Mauritian media highlight visit of Pope Francis
14 september 2019 - 17:19:39Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian media this week highlighted the 8-hour visit to the country last Monday, particularly [...] Full text...
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Air Mauritius takes delivery of new plane
21 june 2019 - 08:59:24Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national airline, Air Mauritius, on Friday morning received a new plane, its second A330neo, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Govt. disappointed at UK’s plans to organise visits to Chagos
13 june 2019 - 08:40:03Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister’s Office has expressed its "deep disappointment" that despite a UN General Assembly [...] Full text...
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The Chagos Affair hits the headlines this week in Mauritius
25 may 2019 - 15:47:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The departure of Britain from the Chagos archipelago, which it has occupied since the 1960s and [...] Full text...
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The Chagos affair hit the headlines this week in Mauritius
25 may 2019 - 08:56:04Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The departure of Britain from the Chagos archipelago, which it has occupied since the 1960s and [...] Full text...
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UK’s ‘unlawful’ occupation of the Chagos Archipelago condemned by UN General Assembly
22 may 2019 - 22:56:43New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday backed a motion censuring the United Kingdom’s occupation of [...] Full text...
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Labour Day on the news this week in Mauritius
04 may 2019 - 11:10:17Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Labour Day, celebrated on May 1st around the world, made the news this week in Mauritius, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius 'deeply disappointed' over UK's stand on Chagos
01 may 2019 - 07:10:01Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government says that it is "deeply disappointed" at the stand taken by the United [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, Kenya sign six agreements to enhance cooperation in several fields
10 april 2019 - 13:05:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and Kenya have on Wednesday signed six agreements that are the outcome of deliberations of [...] Full text...
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The Chagos case on the news this week in Mauritius
02 march 2019 - 14:05:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The judgment on the Chagos case following the ruling by the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...
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Minister says UK, US remain allies of Mauritius
28 february 2019 - 19:31:53Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Foreign Minister Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo said on Thursday that the United States and Britain are [...] Full text...
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International Court of Justice supports Mauritius' claim over the Chagos
26 february 2019 - 12:17:43Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Defence and Outer Islands minister Anerood Jugnauth on Tuesday said that he was always [...] Full text...
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ICJ says UK should end administration of Chagos Archipelago 'as rapidly as possible
25 february 2019 - 17:29:15The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday said by unanimous opinion that having [...] Full text...
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Mauritius calls for better Africa for future generations
25 may 2018 - 06:00:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius firmly believes that a strong, secure, united and economically independent and prosperous Africa is central [...] Full text...
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New Botswana president visits Mauritius
04 may 2018 - 09:05:35Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Botswana's new president, Mr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, paid a one-day visit to Mauritius on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius, Burkina Faso to enhance existing bilateral relations
21 august 2017 - 15:17:42Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Burkina Faso will embark towards steering the existing bilateral and multilateral relations in view [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: 'Mauritius not opposed to US military base on Diego Garcia'
01 july 2017 - 09:07:48Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Defence Minister, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, told Parliament on Friday that Mauritius has no [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: AU renews support to Mauritius on Chagos Archipelago
31 january 2017 - 18:54:43Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Heads of State and Government of the African Union on Tuesday adopted a resolution renewing the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius insists Chagos Islands are integral part of its territory
19 november 2016 - 07:26:44Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has insisted that the Chagos Archipelago has always formed and continues to form an [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: IOC to boost marine and coastal conservation in Indian Ocean
30 september 2016 - 11:11:01Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), through its Biodiversity programme, trained about 30 participants from Seychelles, Mauritius, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius to present Chagos Archipelago issue at the UN General Assembly
13 september 2016 - 15:01:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth will present the Chagos Archipelago issue at the UN General Assembly [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: PM says sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos non-negotiable
11 august 2016 - 15:45:28Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Thursday told Parliament that pursuant to its commitment to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian media highlight Chagos issue for second consecutive week
09 july 2016 - 17:35:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The controversy between Mauritius and Great Britain on the issue of the Chagos archipelago was highlighted [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius maintains sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago
05 july 2016 - 13:01:46Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Tuesday maintained in Parliament that the Chagos Archipelago, including [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: The Chagos leads the headlines in Mauritius
25 june 2016 - 13:19:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The threat from the United Kingdom and the United States against Mauritius regarding the issue of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius considers UK, US threat over Chagos “as hostile and totally unacceptable”
24 june 2016 - 16:56:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Friday stressed that the intention of Mauritius to seek [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: UK, US threaten Mauritius over Chagos
24 june 2016 - 11:48:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The United Kingdom and the United States on Friday issued a joint communiqué in which they [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: 'Mauritius not against use of Diego Garcia as military base by US'
17 may 2016 - 10:45:58Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Tuesday told Parliament that he has told the United [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian media this week highlight Ban's visit
07 may 2016 - 14:38:30Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius welcomes Sunday United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who will be on a tour of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius reiterates sovereignty over Chagos Archipelago
06 september 2015 - 07:13:37Port-Louis, Mauritius PANA) – Mauritius has reiterated its sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and does not recognize the so-called “British [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: PM applauds award on Chagos issue at Permanent Court of Arbitration
20 march 2015 - 11:56:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Friday said the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling, that unanimously held [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius seeks to exercise sovereignty over Chagos Archipelago
26 february 2015 - 12:24:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth, told Parliament Thursday that it has always been the unequivocal [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius maintains sovereignty over the Chagos
09 january 2015 - 15:05:07Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Friday said it will continue to maintain the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: SADC calls member states to support Mauritian claim on Chagos Archipelago
19 august 2014 - 07:50:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who met over the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritius, US hold talks on Chagos Archipelago
05 august 2014 - 12:02:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who is currently attending the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington, DC, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian, Congolese leaders hold talks in the US
04 august 2014 - 13:22:44Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso met Sunday in the US, [...] Full text...
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Cultural heritage: Mauritius submits 2 new nomination dossiers to UNESCO
18 april 2013 - 13:11:01Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Arts and Culture Minister Mukeshwar Choonee, said here Thursday that two nomination dossiers -- the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to contest legality of Protected Marine Area around Chagos Islands
21 december 2010 - 18:29:02Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will contest the legality of the creation of a Protected Marine Area around the islands [...] Full text...
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Mauritius condemns UK after Wikileaks revelation on Chagos
03 december 2010 - 21:13:40Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian minister of Foreign Affairs, Arvin Boolell, on Friday condemned the United Kingdom using a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius recalls High Commissioner to Britain over Marine base
02 april 2010 - 16:12:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has recalled its High Commissioner to the UK for consultations following the British government's decision [...] Full text...
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Mauritius does not recognise BIOT, says PM
01 december 2009 - 19:16:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Acting Prime Minister Rashid Beebeejaun told Parliament Tuesday the counry does not recognise the so-called [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM for Commonwealth summit
21 november 2009 - 11:30:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam is bille d to leave Port-Louis Saturday evening for Trinidad and [...] Full text...
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Mauritius Parliament resumes session Tuesday
16 october 2009 - 15:10:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Parliament will resume its session on Tuesday after a three-month vacation, according to a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius discusses Chagos sovereignty with Britain
15 july 2009 - 15:46:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam told Par liament Tuesday his government was discussing the issue of [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM, ministers face 83 more questions on Tuesday
10 april 2009 - 17:48:00Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, an d his ministers will have to provide answers to [...] Full text...
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