#mauritius island

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Mauritius Island, Mauritius

Xavier Coiffic

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HEAVEN?

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Black River Gorge National Park, Mauritius

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they're idiots, both of them.

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Underwater waterfall in Mauritius 🌏

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Mauritius

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Le mystère dans le sable

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Mauritius (by Johann Juraver)

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Mauritius Island, Mauritius

Xavier Coiffic

[quark-nova]

Hot take but all the techbros using .io domain names should pay reparations to the Chagossian people who were expelled from their islands by the UK to set up a useless military base. Or at least know that that's where their domain name comes from.

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u/deet0109:

Now that the UK has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the sun will finally set on the British Empire for the first time in centuries

[full news story from the Guardian here, 3 Oct 2024]

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Britain and Mauritius Reach Sovereignty Agreement on Chagos Islands

Britain announced on Thursday a significant agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This deal will enable individuals displaced decades ago to return home while allowing London to maintain operational control of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy stated that the agreement ensures the continued operation of Diego Garcia, a strategically important military base jointly managed with the United States. The deal also paves the way for Mauritius to resettle its population on the islands, which were evacuated years ago.

“This government inherited a situation where the long-term, secure operation of the Diego Garcia military base was under threat due to contested sovereignty and ongoing legal challenges,” Lammy said. “Today’s agreement secures this vital military base for the future and strengthens our role in safeguarding global security, while also shutting down any potential use of the Indian Ocean as a dangerous illegal migration route to the UK.”

Britain has maintained control over the region since 1814, having detached the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965. This move was made to establish the British Indian Ocean Territory, and in the early 1970s, nearly 2,000 residents were forcibly relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles to facilitate the construction of the airbase.

In 2019, the World Court ruled that Britain should relinquish control of the islands, condemning the forced removal of the population in the 1970s to accommodate the US airbase.

The recent political agreement between Britain and Mauritius has garnered support from both the United States and India.