Mauritius

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Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius is a liberal capitalist state located off the coast of Southern Africa near Madagascar and the Seychelles.

Positives

  • Alongside Botswana, Mauritius is the only African country to have not experienced a dictatorship or civil war since independence.
  • Mauritius scores among the highest in Africa for all quality of life indicators and is comparable to Western Europe or North America.
  • Mauritius maintains a strong social democracy with free universal health care, free education up to tertiary level and free public transport for students, senior citizens, and the disabled.
  • Mauritius is a successful multicultural, multilingual, multiethnic and multireligious society that has not seen riots or wars as a result of this.

Major Social Struggles

  • 1937: Uba Strike
  • 1971: Port Strikes
  • 1975: Student Revolt
  • 1999: Riots
  • 2006: Abbatoir Strike