The deal to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to the Mauritian government was announced earlier this year.

Mauritius' former foreign minister and a member of the opposition coalition, Arvin Boolell, told the BBC's Newsday programme ...

Mauritius is known as one of Africa's most stable democracies but this election was tainted by a phone-tapping scandal with leaked recordings of public figures posted online. In response ... Go to ...