Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressureThe UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony.The agreement will allow a right of return for Chagossians, who the UK expelled from their homes in the 1960s and 1970s, in what has been described as a crime against humanity and one of the most shameful episodes of postwar colonialism. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/03/britain-to-return-chagos-islands-to-mauritius-ending-years-of-dispute
Author : Haroon Siddique and Diane Taylor
Publish date : 2024-10-03 16:56:58
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Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute
