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UK to Return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Decades-Long Dispute. The UK has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending a long-standing dispute over Britain’s last African colony, The Guardian reports. Britain expelled the Chagossians in the 1960s and 1970s, a move criticized as a "crime against humanity,” when it retained control of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) after Mauritius gained independence. After years of international pressure and legal rulings from the ICJ, UN, and Itlos, the UK finally agreed to the handover following negotiations. An effort to stop the negotiations, citing a lack of consultation with the Chagossians, was unsuccessful.
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