Will the government release data collected about the oil spill?

I was watching the press conference of the Prime Minister, P. K. Jugnauth, today when I heard him saying that the Ministry of Health has conducted several air quality tests in regions affected by the oil spill; and that for now no health risks are to be reported

Should the Prime Minister resign, now?

A petition started on Change.org calling the Prime Minister of Mauritius to resign, has already obtained more than 10,000 signatures. The petition blames the incompetency of the Prime Minister and his team for the ecological disaster that the MV Wakashio shipwreck caused in Mauritius

Défimedia says Prime Minister's tweet calling French President for help is fake 🙄

I was surprised to read on defimedia.info that a tweet by the Prime Minister of Mauritius, P. K. Jugnauth, in which he reaches out to the French President, Emmanual Macron, is a fake tweet. The news article says that the Prime Minister's Office would like to inform the public that it is a

Frustrated by the government's inaction locals flock to help in every way possible

Local authorities failed to do enough to prevent what is now the worst ecological disaster in Mauritius. They started putting buoys and barriers to protect the shore only after the first signs of oil spill became apparent

Japanese bulker MV Wakashio runs aground in Mauritius and causes oil to spill in the blue lagoon

The first traces of oil spill became apparent after about a week. Despite the alarm raised by the NGOs, inhabitants and fishermen, the local authorities seemed to have acted slow in precautionary measures. A clear sign of poor leadership

Africa Internet Summit (AIS'20) registration opens

The physical meeting for the Africa Internet Summit 2020 which was due in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, had to be re-scheduled into a virtual meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Stasiek Michalski answers Richard Brown's questions as the openSUSE election campaign progresses

Community members are welcome to ask the candidates questions about their views on the project and to comment on some of the pertinent matters within the community. Richard Brown, former Chairman of openSUSE, put a few questions to Stasiek Michalski about his views on conflict resolution

Candidates list for the openSUSE Ad-hoc Board Election

The Call for Nominations for the openSUSE Ad-hoc Board Election ended last night. The Election Committee received the nominations of two openSUSE members and both nominees accepted to run as candidate for this election

Registration for the Virtual Developers Conference is open

Registration for the Virtual Developers Conference 2020 is open since about a week now. The Developers Conference is made possible thanks to the support of our sponsors, collaborators, speakers, volunteer geeks and of course attendees