A look at the top stories from Africa and the Middle East this week…

Mauritius has been removed from the European Union’s tax ‘grey list’. On 10 October, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union confirmed that Mauritius complied with the good governance tax principles of the European Union (EU). Offshore law firm Appleby said that by removing Mauritius from its grey list, the EU Council affirmed that Mauritius had been removed from its list of countries that were classified as cooperative but remained subject to the implementation of measures to confirm their commitment to comply w...