Chagos Islands
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Africa’s leaders ignore this ongoing colonial crime against humanity by the United Kingdom and the United States
Africans win UN vote on Britain’s last colony
Britain routed in UN vote on Chagos
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
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
Britain must cede control of its last African colony, court rules
International Court of Justice finds that the Chagos Islands was unlawfully annexed
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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
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
![I am the only one still alive among those who participated in the Mauritius constitutional conference at Lancaster House [in London] in 1965, where talks on the ultimate status of Mauritius were held, Jugnauth said.(Carlo Allegri/Reuters)](https://images.newsteam.io/image/1000/2Bq28FuGKoJjXGTjfWZNGCaZJUSBDv5RhiquDFgtUm7bb5bWFcPr4x7rXHVYK6cAFd2bdHsbAMrab39oN5RCfC3ww7zVumvAiBeCjKss7rZ2o7nkHqv6qW3D4PXt3YKkyGaetPtmfZnrQZ3pKep3Vpn)
Britain’s shame: Colonial-style evictions to make way for military base
‘We were like animals and slaves in that ship’
Britain fights for control of its last African colony
The Chagos Islands are at the heart of an international sovereignty dispute