Ceding the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is meant to keep the Diego Garcia military base, London has said Britain ceded its last African colony as the only way to retain control over a key Indian Ocean military base, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said. The Labour government announced last week that it would hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending a decades-long dispute over the archipelago. The largest island in the group, Diego Garcia, was turned over to the US in 1966 and its 2,000 inhabitants deported elsewhere. “This is a victory for diplomacy. We saved the base, it has been secured for the long term
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