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WELCOME MESSAGE ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT MACRON ON HIS VISIT TO MAURITIUS 20 NOVEMBER 2025
LE MAURICIEN 14 NOVEMBER 2025 Monsieur le Président de la République française, Il y a 35 ans, le président François Mitterrand, affectueusement surnommé Tonton, posait le pied sur le sol mauricien. Depuis, les Mauriciens se demandaient si la boussole de la diplomatie française n’avait pas perdu le [...]
DINNER IHO MINISTER K. SUKON,MADE COMMONWEALTH FELLOW OF LEARNING 16 NOVEMBER 2025
ALIF organised a reception in honour of Minster K. Sukon who was made Fellow of the Commonwealth of learning on Saturday 15 November 2025 among 100 guest at Water edge Garden. The President made the welcome address requested Dr Sawkut Rojid to pay tribute to the Hon [...]
A LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM A STUDENT
Dear Mr Daoud, Assalamoualaikoum Here everything is fine by the grace of Allah.... Hope that the month of Ramadan is running smoothly for you.... I would like to thank you for the time, energy and money you spent with us, your students in Penang. Tasleemah Bulladin and Archad [...]
ARTICLE IN LE MAURICIEN 19 AUGUST 2025
THE TALK OF THE TOWN, STATECRAFT V/S STAGECRAFT OR A SHOUTING MATCH. Before I go into what I am going to say below, please allow me to preface it all with the following observations. One can detect a mood of frustration in the country among people who [...]
HOMAGE TO ABBAS CURRIMJEE
HOMAGE TO ABBAS CURRIMJEE It was through a late-night call I received from my nephew in charge of the operation theatre of a top London Hospital that I learned that Abbas Currimjee was admitted there for a serious surgery. Abbas was his usual self at the end [...]
TRIBUTE TO SIR ANEEROOD JUGNAUTH
OBITUARY SIR ANEEROOD JUGNAUTH Bhai Aneerood is gone. In equal measure Indians and Mauritians are grieving. Generally, winter has rarely been kind to SAJ but this time it has won conclusively. After his sweeping victory in 1982, Bhai Aneerood cried at breakfast time when he thought [...]
TRIBUTE TO HASSEN HEERAH
HASSEN HEERAH The passing away of Hassen Heerah last Friday triggered in me a reflection on the resilience of the Muslim community and its actors in Mauritius. I have known Hassen since his working days at The Mauritius Institute where we spent long moments talking about the [...]
LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE HC OF THE RSA
On the eve of her departure at the end of her tenure in Mauritius, H E the South African High Commissioner sent this letter.