Chagos Islands
Families were torn apart. F ifty years ago the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands were forcibly removed from their homes by British forces in order to make way for a US military base.
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. A marine protected area MPA around the Chagos Islands known as the Chagos Marine Protected Area was created by the British Government on 1 April 2010 and enforced on 1 November 2010. News updates from across the continent. The Chagos islands were a part of Mauritius until Britain separated them a few years before Mauritius became independent from British colonial rule in 1968.
The designation proved controversial as the decision was announced during a period when the UK. The archipelago is under British rule but Mauritius has won growing. Chagos Islands Mauritius formally challenges Britains ownership of Chagos Islands Mauritian ambassador to UN raises countrys flag above atoll of Peros Banhos.
It is the worlds largest fully protected reserve twice the size of Great Britain. The Chagos islands were a part of Mauritius until Britain separated them a few years before Mauritius became independent from British colonial rule in 1968. The government of Mauritius announced on Tuesday that is sending a boat to the disputed Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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