By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
A 64-year-old man has died after falling from the balcony of his home in Morcellement Saint-Antoine, in the locality of Goodlands, Mauritius. Police went to the scene and the circumstances of the fall have yet to be established, Defimedia reports.
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A 35-year-old man died at Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, nine days after falling from the fence at King George V Stadium in Curepipe. An autopsy attributed his death to sepsis, reports Defimedia, which says the accident caused a serious head injury.
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A 59-year-old man was seriously burned after the mattress he was sleeping on caught fire at his home in Roches-Noires on the night of 18 to 19 October. Taken to Victoria Hospital in Candos, he was admitted to the burns unit and his condition is considered serious, Defimedia reports.
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Disruptions were reported in Sainte-Croix, Mauritius, where several roads were obstructed on 12 October 2026. Special Supporting Unit and Metro North officers intervened as the police operation continued, according to a police statement reported by Defimedia.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
Mauritius’s Independent Police Complaints Commission has taken statements from the driver and a passenger in the minibus where Élodie Thomas was shot and injured in Camp-Levieux on 9 October. Sergeant Gowtamsingh Taukoor, known as Deepak, now faces two provisional charges after a charge of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life was dropped, Defimedia reports.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
Ramgoolam proposes parliamentary committee on juvenile delinquency in MauritiusMauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam tabled a motion to create a parliamentary committee on juvenile delinquency. It would examine its causes, parental responsibility, support for vulnerable children and the minimum age of criminal responsibility, according to the National Assembly secretariat.
Solidarity walk against polio planned in AntananarivoThe article announces a four-kilometre solidarity walk in Antananarivo for World Polio Day on 24 October. The initiative by Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs follows a national vaccination campaign held from 5 to 9 October in all 23 regions, according to L’Express de Madagascar.The week in Africa
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