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Heading out to sea in Mahébourg, Mauritius, a country on the radar of tax justice activists. TOMMY TRENCHARD/PANOS PICTURES

20 Feb 2023 10 minute read

Tax Justice Network Africa's historic win

Could a Kenyan court case point the way towards a more just tax system? Amy Hall investigates.

The making of tax haven Mauritius. MATHIEU STERN/UNSPLASH

16 Feb 2023 1 minute read

The making of tax haven Mauritius

Naomi Fowler of Taxcast investigates the making of a tax haven that's been hurting Indians and Africans for...

22 Jun 2017 12 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Lost in exile: The forgotten Chagos Islanders

A group of Indian Ocean islanders, forcibly removed from their homes 50+ years ago and deported to England, are still fighting...

2 Nov 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

When a house is not a home

On the matter of decent housing, the government turns a deaf ear to poorer citizens, while bending over backwards to help the...

Britain’s shame: evicted islanders lose in court

12 Jun 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Britain’s shame: evicted islanders lose in court

The latest legal decision against the Chagossians, kicked off their homeland to make way for a US base, continues a regretful...

1 Apr 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Country Profile: Mauritius

Contradictions and extremes on an island country 'invented by colonization'.

Diego Garcia's shameful history continues

7 Jun 2012 4 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Diego Garcia's shameful history continues

In the week David Cameron meets his Mauritian counterpart to discuss the Chagos Islands, Virgil Hawkins sees...

2 May 2009 6 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Another side of paradise

Class or culture – which has caused Mauritius the most upset? *Lindsey Collen* looks back.

Chagos Islanders betrayed

24 Oct 2008 2 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

Chagos Islanders betrayed

Britain's Law Lords rule that Islanders' exile must continue

2 Aug 2007 3 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Ropes in the water

In her last Letter from Mauritius, *Lindsey Collen* finds trouble beneath the surface of a picture-perfect scene.

1 Jul 2007 3 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Letter from Mauritius

Letter from Mauritius

Radio New Internationalist - Base matters

13 Apr 2007 1 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Radio New Internationalist - Base matters

Base matters

As the US and its coalition of willing friends concentrate more military resources in Afghanistan...

2 Mar 2006 3 minute read

This article is more than 17 years old.

A yellow flag in the sunset

In the first of a new series of monthly letters, novelist *Lindsey Collen* finds the long fingers of Bollywood stretch even to...

Mauritius

5 Dec 2002 4 minute read

This article is almost 21 years old.

Mauritius

Mixed Media

5 Jun 2002 12 minute read

This article is more than 21 years old.

Mixed Media

Made In Mauritius

5 Dec 2001 2 minute read

This article is almost 22 years old.

Made In Mauritius

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