As I stand at its base, straining my neck to take in its towering, wooded slopes, it’s easy to understand why Le Morne mountain is such an emotive cultural symbol for Mauritians. In the island’s south ...

In July 1761, the French ship Utile - a frigate of the French East India Company - transporting slaves from Madagascar to Mauritius ran onto the reefs of the island. As it was a frigate ...

At the Port Louis in Mauritius, NDTV gives you a sneak peak into the Aapravasi Ghat, a UNESCO heritage centre, which was the British government's first site to experiment use of free labour, instead ...

The Brazilians made the journey round the Cape of Good Hope, taking slaves from the Zambezi valley and Mozambique. 3. The French had started up sugar and coffee plantations in Mauritius and Reunion.

Ahead of PM Modi’s visit, India backed Mauritius’ claims over Chagos, a strategically located Indian Ocean archipelago that ...

Le Morne Cultural Landscape, a rugged mountain that juts into the Indian Ocean in the southwest of Mauritius was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, maroons, through the 18th and early years of the ...