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DOLPHINS

Seven more dolphins found dead on Mauritius beach near oil spill

Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday, a government official said, a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil spill caused by a Japanese ship that struck a coral reef. “We found seven more dolphins…

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A satellite image shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio and its oil spill after it ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, August 7, 2020.Image: Satellite image 2020 Maxar Technologies/via REUTERS.
FUEL SPILL

Oil spill threatens ecological disaster as Mauritius declares emergency

Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago is creating an ecological disaster, endangering corals, fish and other marine life around the Indian Ocean island, officials and…

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MAURITIUS

SAA cancels flights to Mauritius as storm intensifies

SA Airways (SAA) cancelled flights between Johannesburg and Mauritius on Monday due to unfavourable weather conditions associated with tropical storm Calvinia. The Mauritius Meteorological Services said that the storm continued to…

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