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The Washington Post

U.K. returns sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after long dispute



The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly evicted, while maintaining a key U.S.-British military base there.



Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/03/uk-mauritius-chagos-diego-garcia-base/

Author : Karla Adam

Publish date : 2024-10-03 17:23:33

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