Chagos Islands: international dispute and human drama

The remote Indian Ocean archipelago was bought by Britain in 1965 before Mauritius gained independence, after which it expelled the local population and leased the territory to the United States for what became one of its most important military bases. Britain's ownership was disputed for years, with the United Nations ruling in 2019 that the UK should hand back the roughly 55 islands and atolls. Mass eviction In 1965, Britain separated the Chagos Islands from the rest of Mauritius, then a semi-autonomous British territory...