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May 26, 2026, 12:20 am
The FCC Guidelines and Judicial Functions
- [L'Express] The Financial Crimes Commission (FCC) has issued Guidelines on the Preparation and Implementation of Standard Operating Procedures Manuals by Public Bodies. The FCC has included among the institutions that have to comply with the Guidelines bodies established or set up under any enactment which perform judicial or adjudicative functions. Failure by any person to adopt and enforce the guidelines issued by the FCC may lead to legal consequences as provided under section 141(5), and the punishment ranges
CAA Awards Championships to Botswana, Mauritius, Algeria
- [Ghanaian Times] The Council of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has selected Gaborone in Botswana and Port Louis in Mauritius to host the African Senior Athletics Championships in 2028 and 2030, respectively.
Climate Change - Water and Energy, Challenges of a Twin Crisis
- [L'Express] Mauritius faces two converging pressures - water scarcity and energy insecurity - both intensified by climate change and already visible in rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and growing demand. Moreover, the Middle East conflict is putting excessive pressure on our already stressed energy facilities. The question is: how does this two-fold challenge threaten our economy and our daily livelihoods?
A People and Their Choices
- [L'Express] Introduction : Mauritius has spent nearly six decades defying the predictions made about its bleak future by Nobel economist James Meade in 1961. The second part of this six-part series of essays - to be published in the following days - explains that the Mauritian miracle did not happen in a vacuum, but in a specific international environment almost perfectly designed to reward small states with political stability and institutional quality.
Moody's Downgrade Risk Rises
- [L'Express] Mauritius was downgraded by Moody's in July 2022 to Baa3, only one notch above sub-investment grade, but with a stable outlook. In January 2025, Moody's maintained the Baa3 rating, but revised the outlook to negative, on the grounds of "uncertainty about Government's ability to reverse recent fiscal deterioration". In January 2026, Moody's acknowledged progress in the implementation of difficult fiscal reforms, and estimated a budget deficit of 6.4% of GDP for 2025-26, down from 9.3% in 2024-25. Moody's
