Chagos Islands

This article was most recently revised and updated by Lorraine Murray. On a clear warm afternoon deep in the Indian Ocean five islanders who were thrown off their remote archipelago by the British half a century ago kissed the sand and cried as they stepped on to the.

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Military could build an air base on.

. Chagos Islands once home to a native population known as Ilois or Chagossians lies in the Indian Ocean approximately 500 kilometers south of the Maldives. The maritime law tribunal of the United Nations has ruled that Britain has no sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. Between 1967 and 1973 the UK evicted the islands entire population to.

11 hours agoChagos Islands. The Chagos Islands also known as the Chagos Archipelago formerly Bassas de Chagas is a group of 7 tropical atolls making up 60 tropical islands located in the Indian Ocean. The United Kingdom separated them from Mauritius in 1965 and leased the islands to the United States to set up the Diego.

The UK has previously said it will hand the islands back to Mauritius when they are no longer required for defence purposes. 20 hours agoThe Chagos Islands have been at the centre of a decades-long dispute. In a phone call to the Guardian shortly after the flag was raised the Mauritian prime minister said.

1 day agoAn archipelago of seven atolls with some 60 islands in all Chagos misfortune is that it is in a strategically vital position in the centre of the Indian Ocean about 310 miles 500km south of the Maldives. Despite concerted opposition from both the UK and US Mauritius has won a string. 11 hours agoOfficials planted the red blue yellow and green flag of Mauritius on the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Islands whose residents were expelled by Britain half a century ago to make way for a.

Several Chagos islanders accompanied Mauritian officials on a voyage that also involved a scientific survey of a nearby coral reef. The Constitution of Mauritius states that the Outer islands of Mauritius includes the islands of Mauritius Rodrigues Agaléga Cargados Carajos and the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia and any other island comprised in the State of Mauritius. Sadly though they also were not only a former British colony but also occupied some prime Cold War real estate.

It is just 217 sq m 561 sq kms in area with more than half of the land being taken up by Diego Garcia the largest of the Chagos Islands. The Comb podcast. 18 hours agoThe flag of Mauritius has been planted in the British colony of the Chagos islands in the boldest move yet by the Indian Ocean state to assert its claim over the disputed archipelagoA boat sent.

Chagos Islands - Africas last British colony On Sunday in the Mauritian capital Port Louis in front of a crowd composed mainly of Chagossians and their descendants Mr Jugnauth. It criticised London for its failure to hand the territory back to Mauritius. Chagos Islands The Chagos Islands.

All sounds very wonderful so far right. A millstone around the neck of British diplomacy With political will the UK could bring about an overall settlement for the displaced islanders who wish to. It is coterminous with the British Indian Ocean Territory.

9 hours agoOfficials planted the red blue yellow and green flag of Mauritius on the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Islands whose residents were expelled by Britain half a century ago to make way for a U. Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth described it. Britain evicted about 2000 residents in the 1960s and 70s so the US.

2 days agoThe trip is the culmination of years of tug-of-war legal battles with Britain over ownership of the Chagos Islands. 21 hours agoMauritius measures reef hoping to lay claim on Chagos Islands. Officially part of the British Indian Ocean Territory the Chagos were home to the.

This is a very. Emotional moment as Mauritian flag raised on disputed British territory. Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was quoted as.

An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia the largest island in the Chagos archipelago. The Chagos Islands is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated some 500 km due south of the Maldives. 9 hours agoOfficials planted the red blue yellow and green flag of Mauritius on the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Islands whose residents were expelled by Britain half a century ago to make way for a.

13 hours agoThe Mauritian flag has been raised for the first time on the Chagos Islands an Indian Ocean archipelago controlled by Britain but claimed by Mauritius. Chagos Archipelago island group in the central Indian Ocean located about 1000 miles 1600 km south of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent.

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