The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.
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The environmental impacts of a change in management and human activity depends on what, if any, development takes place and how it is managed.
Today, several thousand members of the extended Chagossian community live in the UK.
The agreement marks the transfer of sovereignty, but does not fully return the islands to Mauritius.
When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.
Attention is on the UK to relinquish its hold on the islands. What’s missing is an acknowledgment of the enduring role of the US in this international crime.
By raising the Mauritian flag on the Chagos Islands, the east African nation has reasserted – if only symbolically – its claim to sovereignty.
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