Chagos Islands: Mauritian flag raised on British-controlled archipelago

The Mauritian flag has been raised for the primary time on the Chagos Islands – an Indian Ocean archipelago managed by Britain, however claimed by Mauritius.

Britain took management of the Chagos Islands half a century in the past, evicting the inhabitants of greater than 1,000 folks to make approach for a US navy base.

The flag-raising was completed as a part of a reef-mapping journey organised by the Mauritian authorities.

The International Workplace stated the UK had “little question” as to its “sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory”.

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