Like many observers of last week’s Mauritius general election I was surprised by the poll published in l’express which showed the PTr-MMM coalition heading for a comfortable victory.
The election date has yet to be declared, but Mauritius has been preparing itself for a new government for some time now. Earlier this year it looked like
“I think it’s possible to break the record,” said an ecstatic Mutaz Essa Barshim after jumping 2.43 m (7’11.7″) at the recent Diamond League meeting in Brussels, the
After an outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus which affected 270,000 people on the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion in 2005-06, scientists at L’Institut de recherche pour
“Industrial society is the only society ever to live by and rely on sustained and perpetual growth, on an expected and continuous improvement,” wrote British social anthropologist and
The narrow 3-2 verdict by the Law Lords against the islanders’ right of return in 2008 was in part based upon an earlier study into resettlement that has
“I can assure you that if elected… we will work to ensure a fair settlement of this long-standing dispute,” wrote William Hague to a supporter of the Chagossians’
In his 1982 book Man, the Tottering Biped the South African-born anatomist and paleoanthropologist, Philip V Tobias (1925 – 2012), questioned the conventional wisdom, developed from Charles Darwin
By Sean Carey The decision by Lord Justice Richards and Mr Justice Mitting in the High Court on Tuesday that the consultation leading up to the announcement that the
“Being in Chagos is an incredibly special experience,” says Rachel Jones, deputy team leader of the Aquarium at Zoological Society of London (ZSL) London Zoo, in a new
By Sean Carey Congratulations to Dr Ian Rothwell, 55, who is the first person to have finished ‘The Widower’, a chicken curry so strong that the chef who