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Mauritius PM dissolves parliament, calls elections, Reuters (2010)

Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam dissolved parliament on Wednesday and said the Indian Ocean island would hold elections on May 5.

Mauritius to hold parliamentary elections on May 5, Afrique Avenir (2010)

Mauritius is expected to hold Parliamentary elections on May 5, the country’s Prime Minister, Navin Chandra Ramgoolam has announced.

Mauritius procures transparent ballot boxes for parliamentary polls, Afrique Avenir (2010)

reparations for Mauritius parliamentary elections that are scheduled to be held in the island on May 5 are going in full swing with the Mauritius Electoral Commission having placed an order of some 2000 translucent ballot boxes.

Mauritius invites international observers to monitor Parliamentary polls, Afrique Avenir (2010)

International electoral observers will be invited to Mauritius to ensure that the parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on May 5 are free and fair.

Mauritius: Against all odds, Lexpress (2010)

Despite the Prime Minister’s pleas that the upcoming general elections be a “debate of ideas”, neither of the mainstream alliances has deemed it necessary to present their programmes to the population.

Mauritius: Vote for women candidates, Lexpress (2010)

So, the women have been chosen. Between them, the two main coalitions have managed to scrape up 21 women candidates out of 120 for the coming election.

Mauritius: What’s the programme?, Lexpress (2010)

Neither alliance is in a hurry to make public its electoral manifesto. How much importance do they really attach to it?

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Angolan official leads SADC observation team to elections in Mauritius, Angop (2010)

The first deputy speaker of the National Assembly, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, arrived this Tuesday afternoon in Mauritius to lead an observation team of the Parliamentary Forum of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to the elections summoned for May 05.

Mauritius: Electoral Fever - The Contagion Spreads, All Africa (2010)

If this is the first election you are experiencing in Mauritius, you are in for a good time. The folklore is the same on each occasion and the election virus contaminates everyone. As a country, we boast one of the greatest general election turnout rates, excluding countries like Australia and Malta, for example, where voting is compulsory.

Angola First Deputy Speaker Discusses Elections Observation Strategy for Mauritius, All Africa (2010)

Angolan Parliament's First Deputy Speaker, João Lourenço, discussed on Wednesday, in Port Louis, the observation strategy of the May 5 parliamentary elections in Mauritius with the secretary general of the SADC parliamentary forum, Esau Chiviya.

Development Community Observers in Mauritius Assured on Impartial Coverage, All Africa (2010)

The observer mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum, led by the first deputy-speaker of the Angolan National Assembly, Monday received guarantees on impartial journalism coverage during May 5 legislative elections, in Mauritius.

Mauritius: MP Appeals for Objective Polls Observation, All Africa (2010)

The head of the Observation Mission of SADC's Parliamentary Forum to Mauritius, the First Deputy Speaker of the Angolan National Assembly, João Lourenço, on Friday here called on his colleagues to do their elections observation work with objectivity, neutrality, broadmindedness, transparency, accuracy and competence.

Mauritius: 'I concede defeat at national level', IOL (2010)

Mauritius opposition leader Paul Berenger on Thursday conceded defeat for his camp in parliamentary elections that highlighted the prosperous island nation's ethnic divide.

Mauritius: Observers satisfied with voters civility and organisational level, ANGOP (2010)

The Angolan parliamentarian, João Lourenço, who heads the observer mission of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum to the legislative elections held Wednesday in Mauritius, considered the electoral process well organised, having praised the voters’ spirit of civility.

João Lourenço returns from Mauritius satisfied with electoral process, ANGOP (2010)

The first deputy Speaker of the Angolan National Assembly, João Lourenço, arrived Monday in Luanda, returning from the Mauritius Island where he led the SADC’s parliamentary forum mission of observers to the legislative elections in that country.

Elections in Mauritius considered free, fair and exemplary, ANGOP (2010)

The observation team of the SADC parliamentary forum to the legislative elections in Mauritius, on May 05, on Friday considered the polls as free and fair.

Mauritius: New administration - The challenges, All Africa (2010)

The honeymoon is over and the newly-elected alliance has to get down to work. The challenges concern the economy, law and order, electoral reform as well as traffic congestion.

Mauritius: The lighter side of elections, All Africa (2010)

People already know who they're going to vote for, there's nothing to fight about. These elections have been memorable.