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Madagascar MAURITIUS
Security Concerns
Mauritius faces no external security threat. Chronic
political and labor unrest pose the greatest internal
threat to
the government. During the early 1970s, for example, the
authorities used the paramilitary Special Mobile Force
(SMF) to
jail opposition politicians and trade union members.
However, by
the 1980s, such practices had stopped. At least since
1980,
Mauritius has not experienced significant, large-scale
political
violence. Several assassination attempts have been made
against
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, but these actions were by
disaffected individuals rather than any antigovernment
group.
Data as of August 1994
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