Friday, 22 November , 2024

Mauritius

Chagos Islands dispute: UK misses deadline to return control

Nov.22, 2019 The UK has been called an illegal colonial occupier after it ignored a deadline to return control of an overseas territory to Mauritius. A...

Chagos and the Dark Soul of the British Labour Party

Even if you think you know all about the Chagos story – an entire population forcibly removed from their island homeland at British gunpoint...

UN court rejects UK’s claim of sovereignty over Chagos Islands

Judges advise Britain that separating archipelago from Mauritius in 1960s was wrong 25 Feb 2019 The UK has been ordered to hand back the Chagos Islands...

UK used secret threats to keep Chagos Islands, court hears

Mauritius defence minister claims UK forced it to cede territory before independence 3 Sep. 2018 The UK has retained possession of a remote archipelago in the...

The truth about Diego Garcia

And 50 years of fiction about an American military base by David Vine, 15 June 2015 First, they tried to shoot the dogs. Next, they tried...

Mauritius ruling a ‘tool’ for Cyprus on UK bases

February 25, 2019 THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the status of the Chagos Islands (all times local): 9:10 p.m. Cyprus’ attorney general says a...