Mauritius

Businesses looking to outsource will find coding talent at affordable prices in Africa, with South Africa, Kenya and Mauritius among the market leaders and Nigeria emerging as a powerhouse, according to impact sourcer Tunga.

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Sixty-five years ago, the Cocos Islands – a tiny atoll halfway between Sri Lanka and Western Australia – were transferred from Singaporean to Australian control.

Gardening guru Neil Fisher shares his tips and tricks.

The Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) share price will be on watch this morning following a positive announcement from the shipbuilder after market close yesterday.

But environmentalists seek explanation for the deaths of 27 dolphins following an oil spill from a Japanese ship.

It's being swept up off salon floors around Sydney, but instead of the bin, these human hair offcuts are being stuffed into stocking sausages and sent to clean up a massive oil spill off east Africa.

An oil carrier that ran aground off Mauritius has split in two, leaking even more oil into the ocean. The front of the ship will be pulled out to sea where it will be left to sink.

The Japanese ship, MV Wakashio, ran aground on a coral reef on July 25

A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean, but the island nation is preparing for "a worst-case scenario", with several cracks seen in the tanker's hull.

The operator of a Japanese bulk carrier which is leaking oil onto the waters surrounding Mauritius apologises "profusely and deeply" for causing what environmentalists fear is the worst ecological disaster the island has ever seen.

The government has declared an environmental emergency as satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near wetlands that have been described as "very sensitive".

Mosquitoes are a challenge to global health, but University of Melbourne genomics research is trying to stop risky species sneaking past Australian biosecurity.

At least 42,000 workers remain trapped on cruise ships without paychecks — some still suffering from COVID-19 — three months after the industry shut down.

His handlebar moustache 'disguise' has long gone. So, too, the £10,000 ostrich-hide jacket he was sporting when his whereabouts as a 'fugitive' in England were first uncovered.

The study comes amid stark warnings that COVID-19 threatens a health emergency in developing nations.

PARIS: The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected.

The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected.

A key stage at the start of the great glaciations has been described for the first time by a new study in which the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT) (CSIC-UGR) was involved.