Getty Images 毛里求斯以旅游和金融服务中心著称 巴西利奥·鲁坎加 1小时前 毛里求斯警方实施了通宵宵禁，以平息这个印度洋岛国数十年来最严重的骚乱。
Getty Images Mauritius is a well known as a tourism and financial services hub Basillioh Rukanga 1 hour ago Police in Mauritius imposed an overnight curfew overnight to quell the worst riots to break out on the Indian Ocean island in decades.
一周前因缺水和生活成本高企而爆发的和平抗议，于周五演变为暴力冲突，当时一名女子在路障处被警察开枪打伤。枪击事件的具体情况尚不清楚，但该警官已被逮捕并被羁押候审。
Peaceful 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 circumstances of the shooting are not clear, but the officer has since been arrested and remanded in custody.
总理纳温·拉姆古拉姆周二下令实施宵禁，警告不要从事“损害国家利益”的行为，并称该国是一个旅游和金融服务中心。
Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam ordered the curfew on Tuesday, warning against those "acting against the interests of the country", which is a tourism and financial services hub.
“实施这些行为的人将不得不面对其反爱国行为所应受的极其严重的后果，”他在向全国发表的讲话中说。
"Those who have carried out these actions will have to face the very heavy consequences warranted by their anti-patriotic acts," he said in an address to the nation.
随着骚乱在周末升级，抗议者焚烧轮胎、阻断道路，警察局和其他公共基础设施财产遭到破坏。
Protesters burned tyres and blocked roads as the unrest escalated over the weekend, with police stations and other public infrastructure properties being vandalised.
这场混乱导致学校和公共交通停运，各国驻毛里求斯使馆发布警报，提醒本国公民保持警惕。
The mayhem prompted the closure of schools and public transport, with foreign embassies issuing alerts warning its nationals to be cautious.
尽管实施了宵禁，警方表示夜间仍发生了数起事件并逮捕了一些人。
Despite the curfew, police said there had been several incidents overnight and some arrests.
但警方向民众保证，到周三上午，全岛交通已恢复通行，民众应恢复正常活动。
But the police assured people that by Wednesday morning traffic was again moving throughout the island and said people should resume their normal activities.
据总部位于南非的信号风险公司分析师佐伊·麦卡锡称，当最初因缺水爆发抗议时，政府曾通过向家庭提供更多用水主动回应。
When protests over the shortage of water initially started, the government had responded proactively by providing more water to households, according to Zoë McCathie, an analyst at South Africa-based Signal Risk.
她对BBC“新闻日”节目表示，事态升级给该国安全形势带来了更“不同寻常的局面”，政府被迫关闭学校并实施宵禁。
The escalation had presented a more "unusual situation for the country's security situation", with the government resorting to closing schools and imposing a curfew, she told the BBC's Newsday programme.
“自1999年左右以来，从未见过这种规模和程度的抗议活动。因此，政府对此事的回应是合乎逻辑且必要的，”她说。
"Protests to this scale and to this extent haven't been seen… since around 1999. So the government's response to this in that case is logical and is necessary," she said.
她说，虽然政府已设法“遏制了最严重的动荡”，但抗议活动仍有可能在某些地区卷土重来，预计缺水状况将持续到12月雨季来临。内阁定于周三下午开会，重新评估局势并决定后续步骤。
While the government had managed to "curtail the worst of the unrest" there was still a possibility that protests could return in some areas, with water shortages expected to persist until the rainy season in December, she said. The cabinet is due to meet on Wednesday afternoon to reassess the situation and decide on the next steps.
