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1. www.state.gov › agreement-between-the-republic-ofAgreement between the Republic of Mauritius and the United ...

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   Oct 3, 2024 · The United States welcomes today’s historic agreement between the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the status of the Chagos Archipelago. The United States has strongly supported negotiations between the two countries over the past two years and is pleased to see the successful outcome of this diplomatic effort.

2. www.aljazeera.com › news › 2024/10/4Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?

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   Oct 4, 2024 · After a dispute running for more than 50 years, the United Kingdom will finally hand back the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, to the southeast African island country...

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3. www.independent.co.uk › news › ukFact check: US leaders have welcomed Chagos Archipelago deal

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   Oct 3, 2024 · The facts. On October 3 the Government announced that it had reached a deal to recognise that “Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago”. The archipelago is in the Indian Ocean and...

   • Author: August Graham

4. news.un.org › en › storyChagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius

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   Oct 3, 2024 · The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.

5. theconversation.com › how-the-us-and-uk-workedHow the US and UK worked together to recolonise the Chagos ...

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   The 1960 conversations resulted in the UK detaching the Chagos Islands from Mauritius for the purpose of recolonisation. This separation from Mauritius was unlawful and went against a UN resolution and the UN charter. In order to circumvent international law, the British Parliament, and the US Congress, the British Indian Ocean Territory was create...

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   Chagossians, who were forcibly evicted from Diego Garcia, are prohibitedfrom seeking employment on the US Naval Base. Chagossians can’t even visit the island of Diego Garcia. The forced eviction of the Chagossians, who it is estimated had a population of nearly 2000, occurred in four stages between 1967 and 1973. The first stage was the preventiono...

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   On the request of the UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice, on 25th February, 2019, deemed the detachment of the Chagos Islands from Mauritius and their incorporation into a new colony unlawful. The UN General Assembly passed Resolution 73/295on 22nd May, 2019 obligating the UK to withdraw its colonial administration within six m...

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6. www.aljazeera.com › news › 2024/10/3UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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   Oct 3, 2024 · The deal, announced jointly by the UK and Mauritius on Thursday, grants the latter full sovereignty over the remote archipelago, guaranteeing the operation of the United States base for the next...

7. theconversation.com › chagos-islands-chagossiansChagos Islands: Chagossians in exile are fighting to keep ...

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   Mar 17, 2022 · When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.