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It鈥檚 almost two months since a Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned vessel 'The Wakashio' ran aground on a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius. With 4,000 tonnes of fuel on board, it has caused an unprecedented ecological crisis there.

Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has commissioned a formal investigation and promised a full and transparent inquiry, but his government has been accused of not being transparent in the handling of the clean-up operation.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, a former Mauritius president and biodiversity scientist, says the population is getting most of its information from the papers, not the government.

"Over 45 days after the Wakashio crashed on our reef... we still don't know how much oil has landed in our waters, we still don't know to what extent they've started the clean up procedure... we are completely in the dark."

(Photo: Protesters at a demonstration over the government's handling of the Wakashio oill spill. Credit: EPA)