Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute

Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute

Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows rounds of negotiations and international pressure The UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of bitter dispute over Britain’s last African colony. The UK expelled the Chagossians in the 1960s and 1970s, in what has been described as a crime…