One of my favorite things about Rodrigues Island is that the speed limit is 50 kilometers per hour (about 32 mph). The people who live on the super-remote southern Indian Ocean island (governmentally ...

Marooned 600km north-east of Mauritius, and close to no other landform, Rodrigues is a world unto itself. It is also one of the world's most remote inhabited islands. When the plane began its descent ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Rodrigues embraces a creole life through its music, dance and cuisine. Music is an important part of the island, which is a subtle mix of European melodies and African rhythms. Typical island music, ...

Rodrigues Island is taking a bold step towards transforming its healthcare system to meet the evolving needs of its population in the context of the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the ...

On Rodrigues Island in Mauritius, school children and citizens alike are rallying round to restore their island’s habitat. It’s all thanks to the Rodrigues Environmental Education Programme, which has ...

It is one of the most remote islands in the Indian Ocean, lying 600km east of its nearest neighbour, Mauritius. And, though it has been inhabited for the past three centuries, Rodrigues remains a ...

Three Rodrigues flying foxes were born this month, adding to a bat population once considered among the most imperiled on earth. Back in the 1970s, much of the Rodrigues bat forest habitat had been ...

The island of Rodrigues, nicknamed “Cinderella of the Mascarenes”, has always been slightly dismissed as Mauritius’ little sister. But surrounded by a cerulean lagoon almost twice its size, this tiny ...

Cyclone Gelena made its closest approach to Rodrigues on Saturday, after tracking further north than expected. The category three cyclone was packing hurricane-force winds and generating powerful ...