The Chagos agreement explained
WEB21 hours ago · A collection of seven atolls comprised of more than 60 islands, the Chagos Islands have been controlled by Britain since 1814. Once administered as part of the British colony of Mauritius, they ...
Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of …
The UK’s Surrender of Chagos is a Symptom of Strategic Ineptitude
WEB2 days ago · French plantations had been established on the Chagos Archipelago in the 18th century. The great irony, however, is that while the UK evicted the Chagossians in the years following 1967, the deal struck with Mauritius does nothing to address the forced displacement of this population and does not take their wishes into consideration.
Chagos: Britannia waiving the rules | The Australian Naval Institute
WEB2 days ago · The UK government announced last week that it will cede sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The agreement ends an almost 60-year dispute between the two countries, allowing Chagossians displaced in the early 1970s to return home, and ensuring the continued operation for the next 99 years …
The UK must focus on how the Chagos decision is implemented …
WEB2 days ago · The same year the UN General Assembly voted 116 in favour to 6 against, and with 56 abstentions, for a resolution ‘welcoming a 25 February 2019 International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legal consequences of separating the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, demanding that the UK unconditionally withdraw its colonial administration from the area within six months’ to ...
Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEBOct 4, 2024 · Britain set up the base for America in the late 1960s and early 1970s, forcibly expelling the archipelago’s inhabitants—the Chagossians—and holding on to the islands as the British Indian Ocean...
Chagos Archipelago | Island Group, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Chagos Archipelago, island group in the central Indian Ocean, located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. It is coterminous with the British Indian Ocean.
Can the Chagos Archipelago keep pace with rising seas?
WEBMar 30, 2021 · KSLOF's Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis studies how rising seas impact the coastline of the Chagos Archipelago on the Global Reef Expedition.
Where are the Chagos Islands, why has Britain handed to …
WEBChagos has seven atolls and around 60 islands; of these, Diego Garcia is by far the largest. Mauritius is an island off the east coast of Madagascar, also an island, which is off the coast of ...
Mauritius reclaims sovereignty over Chagos Islands after more …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · More than 1,000 islanders were forcibly removed from the archipelago in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a decision that has sparked decades of legal battles and international condemnation.
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