Africa’s leaders ignore this ongoing colonial crime against humanity by the United Kingdom and the United States
Britain routed in UN vote on Chagos
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
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
International Court of Justice finds that the Chagos Islands was unlawfully annexed
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Britain and Mauritius are in the International Court of Justice arguing over the Chagos Islands. But the evicted islanders just want to go home
London split off the remote islands from Mauritius in 1965, three years before Port Louis gained independence
‘We were like animals and slaves in that ship’
The Chagos Islands are at the heart of an international sovereignty dispute
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