Fraude de Rs 80 millions à la Bramer #Banking Corporation : Appel du DPP en Cour suprême contre les sentences infligées.

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Paul Bérenger lance un appel à rejoindre un nouveau mouvement politique en gestation.

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#Ecuador doctors protest crisis as patients bring own meds to surgery

#News : The #African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) Online Services Sensitisation Workshop, aiming to promote digitalisation of Intellectual Property Services, was held yesterday morning at the Caudan Arts Centre in Port-Louis. The event was organised by the ARIPO in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade.

The workshop was a platform to sensitise participants on ARIPO’s online services and enhance awareness on the benefits of its e-filing system for intellectual property administration. It also sought to promote greater regional integration in intellectual property protection, while encouraging the use of digital tools for efficient online filing, payment of fees and real-time tracking of applications across multiple African jurisdictions.

The Junior Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Hambyrajen Narsinghen; the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Janmajaising Bissoondoyal; Senior ICT Associate of ARIPO, Mr Robert Chiweza; members of the ARIPO delegation; as well as other distinguished guests were present at the opening ceremony.

In his address, the Junior Minister highlighted that Mauritius, as a founding member of ARIPO, is continuously strengthening its engagement with the Organisation, notably through its accession to the Lusaka Agreement in 2020 and the Harare Protocol on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs in 2025. He further recalled that Mauritius deposited its instrument of accession to the Protocol on 27 May 2025 with a view to reinforcing its regional presence and aligning with national development objectives.

Mr Narsinghen emphasised the strategic importance of ARIPO in complementing global frameworks, such as the World Intellectual Property Organisation, by providing a regionally adapted system that supports intra-African trade, innovation and cooperation.

He further pointed out that in today’s fast-paced digital economy, the effectiveness of an intellectual property system is closely linked to its accessibility. ARIPO’s online services offer significant advantages, including seamless filing across multiple jurisdictions, reduced administrative constraints, cost and time optimisation and enhanced service delivery, he added.

The United Kingdom is setting aside a bill to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius amid a lack of support from United States President Donald Trump, as #Mauritius vows to “spare no effort” to reclaim the archipelago.

“We have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has US support,” a UK government spokesperson said in a statement, according to the Reuters and AFP news agencies on Saturday.

This followed reports in the UK media that said a bill laying out plans to cede sovereignty of the 60-plus Indian Ocean islands had been dropped from the next parliamentary agenda, which starts on May 13.

Last May, the UK and Mauritius jointly announced a deal that would return full sovereignty of Chagos to Mauritius, which is some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) away from the archipelago.

Britain would then pay to lease Diego Garcia – the largest island and a strategic location in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Asia and Africa, which is home to the military base – on a 99-year lease to preserve US operations there.

But Trump opposed the move, calling it an “act of great stupidity” in January.

“Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK and the US. Ensuring its long-term operational security is and will continue to be our priority – it is the entire reason for the deal,” the UK government spokesperson added in his statement.

“We are continuing to engage with the US and Mauritius.”

The statement added that the UK “continue[s] to believe ⁠the agreement is the best way to protect ⁠the long-term future of the base”.