The future of the Chagos marine protected area that the British created in 2010 is also uncertain. The MPA creation was criticized for being an ocean grab, allegedly to keep Chagossians from ...

External assistance will be essential but may introduce further complexities, particularly regarding the Marine Protected Area to be established and managed with UK assistance. The Chagos agreement, ...

Agalega, which comprises two tiny islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 500 miles or so northeast of Madagascar, is an idyllic-looking spot. White sands, turquoise waters, palm trees.

Locals fear the island’s experience will echo that of Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Islands, 2000km to the east, where the local population was evicted in the late 1960s and early 1970s to make room for ...