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After violence, Nando Bodha calls for Mauritius’s economy to be revived

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Following recent violence in Mauritius, Mauritian Rally leader Nando Bodha is calling for trust to be restored, the economy to be revived and the social causes of young people’s anger to be addressed. In a Facebook post, he warned of the risk of a deterioration in public order, reports Defimedia.

Following the violence that shook Mauritius, Nando Bodha, leader of the Mauritian Rally, is calling for the economy to be revived and the social causes of the anger to be addressed, reports Defimedia. He published the message on his Facebook page on 19 October.

Bodha believes the authorities must listen to the public and identify the problems driving young people to take to the streets. He called for these difficulties to be examined without giving them a communal dimension.

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