Africa Daily - Will the people of Chagos ever get their islands back?
Download Will the people of Chagos ever get their islands back?
Fifty years ago, the British government forcibly evicted all the people living on the Chagos Islands to make way for a US military base. Now, as part of a campaign by Mauritius to highlight its claim to the islands, a small group have returned for a visit – erecting the Mauritian flag there. Also on the boat was the BBC’s Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, who helped us pick apart all the issues involved.
So was this just a publicity stunt – or might it lead to what many of the Chagossians want: for them to be allowed to go home to the islands for good?
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Host: Alan Kasujja (@Kasujja)
Guests: Andrew Harding (@AndrewWJHarding)
Published on Tuesday, 22nd February 2022.
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