Mauritius reels from worst riots in decades after woman shot by police

Police in Mauritius imposed an overnight curfew overnight to quell the worst riots to break out on the Indian Ocean island in decades. Protests over water shortages and the high cost of living that started a week ago erupted into violence on Friday when a woman was shot and wounded by police at a roadblock. […] The post Mauritius reels from worst riots in decades after woman shot by police appeared first on The Namibian .