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The Japanese freighter MV Wakashio ran aground near Mahebourg in southern Mauritius on July 25. Stock Photography.
For the second time in a short time, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Mauritius to protest the government’s handling of a major oil spill following a shipwreck in July.
Nearly 50 dead dolphins were washed ashore after the accident. In addition, two crew members were injured in a tugboat during the rescue operation.
In the generally quiet island state of the Indian Ocean, 25,000 people marched in Mahebourg in the south on Saturday, according to police. At least twice as much, the organizers thanked.
– We are here to ask the government to pack and shoot. People no longer trust this government, says Marie, one of the protesters.
Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and his government are accused of failing to act quickly enough after the worst environmental disaster in the country’s history.
The oil spill occurred after the Japanese freighter MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef. More than 1,000,000 tons of oil had time to seep into the sea.
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