UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    12 hours ago

    How [not] nice.

    Mauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands,

    After 50 years of abandonment, they’re going to have to rebuild everything from scratch. And Wikipedia notes that the islands are “All are low-lying atolls”, so any buildings or infrastructure is going to be underwater sooner rather than later.

    This is nothing but a PR move.