Huh, the coordinates the article gives is about 15km away from Mauritius:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/20°29'56.4"S+57°51'46.8"E/...
So it's like saying a car in LA being towed a block north-westerly is being towed towards New York.
The article also seems to get judgemental/whiny that I wonder if it's an opinion piece, a blog post, or a terribly non-journalistic article.