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COVER STORY
Incest and paedophilia victims’ untold stories: Families with “secrets”
Every year, hundreds of Mauritian children are raped by members of their own families. Most are sworn to secrecy, sometimes under threat, to protect the “family reputation”. Weekly has met paedophilia victims who grew up in families with “secrets” – but who refuse to remain silent.
INTERVIEW
Antoine Domingue: “There was a plot to silence me and get me to step down”
Following the very public spat between the president of the Bar Council and the attorney general in which the former accused the latter of “bringing the profession into disrepute”, Weekly speaks to Antoine Domingue about the circumstances of his ire and whether the matter had been resolved.
ISSUES
International students banned from working: “It’s like telling us to leave the country”
Not long after international students from mainland Africa were the target of violent xenophobic attacks, here is another blow: They can no longer take up part-time work in Mauritius. “It’s like telling us to leave the country,” foreign students who are financially dependent on working part time, say. What will happen now to the Mauritian dream of becoming a higher education hub?
EDUCATION
Studying in the UK: The changes that students should know
At the start of the year, the British government formalised changes that it had been talking about to the visa regime that Mauritian students would have to go through to study in the UK. Since the changes came into effect in April, this would be the first time that Mauritian students would be applying under the new system. So what has changed and what will Mauritian applicants have to do differently?
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