Strategic mistake or historic reparation? UK gives up islands in the Indian Ocean
More than 50 years after the U.K. expelled thousands of locals from the Chagos Islands, the British government has agreed to ...
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The long-forgotten history of the Chagos Islands
Now that Sir Keir Starmer has unilaterally decided to give up British ownership of the Chagos Islands, the last vestige of ...
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Mauritius: Big Step, Small Win As Chagos Islands Restored to Mauritius
In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...
Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem
Without British oversight, experts fear fishing vessels will have free rein to harvest the region, damaging its pristine reef ...
‘We want to stay British’: The Chagos islanders sold out by Starmer
When Mauritius gained independence from the British Empire in 1968, Britain held on to the Chagos Islands, which it had ...
Daily Monitor4d
Happy Independence Day, but our work is still cut out
As Uganda marks 62 years of flag Independence today, the vibrant civic society we once hoped would shape our shared life after the Union Jack was lowered remains elusive to this day. The answer to ...
Mauritius country profile
Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago. Once dependent on sugar exports, the island has built up a ...