Madagascar Mauritius

Madagascar: Shrimp Farming Restarts

The increase in consumption in China revived the sale of shrimp in the world. Unima group decided to reopen the center Stockbreeding to Besalampy, on the west coast of Madagascar.

14 Nov 2011, business.mega.mu

Madagascar-crisis: Troika Launches warning

The meeting of the Troika of the SADC ended on Sunday in Pretoria. It recommended that the Malagasy politicians to refrain from unilateral statements about the road map.

03 Oct 2011, business.mega.mu

Govt to export sea cucumbers

Mauritius is planning to export sea cucumbers, a popular Chinese delicacy, on a large scale to Asian countries like Hong Kong, Japan, the Koreas and China where the market is very lucrative. The sea slug commonly known as barbaras fetches up to Rs 5,000 a kilo. Minister of Fisheries and Rodrigues Nicolas von Mally announced [...]

10 May 2011, The Independent Daily

Boolell dimisses wrong reporting

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Arvin Boolell has denied the information that appeared in the Malagasy press and private radio channels in Mauritius that there were protests during his visit to Madagascar. Boolell said, “During my visit to Madagascar there were no protests nor was there any attempt to bomb the [...]

12 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily

Air Madagascar regarde vers Airbus

La compagnie turque Turkish Airlines mettra à la disposition d’Air Madagascar deux Airbus A330 qui viendront en remplacement des deux Boeing 767 actuels

06 Apr 2011, business.mega.mu

Workshop on HIV for legal sector

The judges and lawyers of the public and private sectors of the Indian Ocean will meet for the first time for a regional workshop on human rights and HIV. The workshop, a collaboration between ARASA and AIRIS-CIO, will gather 16 lawyers – four each from Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles on March 21 to 23 in [...]

16 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily

Workshop pays tribute to Jamaican author Olive Senor

The magazine l’Atelier d’Ecriture has come out with a double issue (19 and 20) in which it has paid a special tribute to Olive Senor. A native of Trelawny, an isolated area north of Jamaica and from a relatively poor family, Senor has published many poems and stories. Some of his works from the collection [...]

07 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily