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Chagos Islands

Let Chagossians go home, decide their future
Opinion
/ 21 June 2023

Let Chagossians go home, decide their future

Africa’s leaders ignore this ongoing colonial crime against humanity by the United Kingdom and the United States

By Allan Ngari and Clive Baldwin
Africans win UN vote on Britain’s last colony
Africa
/ 23 May 2019

Africans win UN vote on Britain’s last colony

Britain routed in UN vote on Chagos

By Carole Landry
UN orders UK to end rule of Chagos Islands
Africa
/ 23 May 2019

UN orders UK to end rule of Chagos Islands

The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the center of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965

By Carole Landry
Britain faces UN defeat over Chagos islands
Africa
/ 22 May 2019

Britain faces UN defeat over Chagos islands

The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the centre of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965

By Carole Landry
Britain must cede control of its last African colony, court rules
Africa
/ 25 February 2019

Britain must cede control of its last African colony, court rules

International Court of Justice finds that the Chagos Islands was unlawfully annexed

By Simon Allison
Letters to the editor: September 14 to 20
Article
/ 14 September 2018

Letters to the editor: September 14 to 20

Our readers write in about Chagos, Coca-Cola, and a new reader gives us feedback

By Staff Reporter
Fight to free Britain’s last African colony
Africa
/ 7 September 2018

Fight to free Britain’s last African colony

Britain and Mauritius are in the International Court of Justice arguing over the Chagos Islands. But the evicted islanders just want to go home

By Simon Allison
US urges top UN court to stay out of Chagos islands row
Africa
/ 5 September 2018

US urges top UN court to stay out of Chagos islands row

London split off the remote islands from Mauritius in 1965, three years before Port Louis gained independence

By Jan Hennop
Britain’s shame: Colonial-style evictions to make way for military base
Africa
/ 4 September 2018

Britain’s shame: Colonial-style evictions to make way for military base

‘We were like animals and slaves in that ship’

By Sarah Smit
Britain fights for control of its last African colony
Africa
/ 3 September 2018

Britain fights for control of its last African colony

The Chagos Islands are at the heart of an international sovereignty dispute

By Simon Allison

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