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A blue British ensign with the 1869 arms of Mauritius on a white disc in the fly. [11] 1810 - 1869: Flag of British Mauritius: The Union Flag of the United Kingdom. 1794 - 1810: Flag of French Mauritius: A vertical tricolour of blue, white and red. 1790 - 1794: Flag of French Mauritius: A vertical tricolour of red, white and blue. 1715 - 1792 ...
Clément Siatous was born on 17 February 1947 on Diamond Island in the atoll of Peros Banhos, in the Chagos Archipelago. [1] Chagos was at the time a dependent territory of Mauritius, itself a colony of the British Empire. At birth, Clément Siatous was therefore a citizen of the British dependent territories.
English: Islands of the Republic of Mauritius labelled in black. Mauritius claim Tromelin Island claim from France and the Chagos Archipelago from the United Kingdom. Date
The government announced last month it had reached a political agreement to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius following negotiations which began in 2022.
The Chagos Archipelago is composed of atolls and islands, and is located approximately 2,200 kilometres north-east of the main island of Mauritius. Mauritius claims sovereignty over the archipelago, which forms the British Indian Ocean Territory and is de facto controlled by the United Kingdom.
The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, from its then colony, Mauritius, in 1965 and went on to evict its population of more than 1,000 people to make way for the Diego Garcia base.
The islands are the home to the highly secretive UK/US airbase on Diego Garcia, and there had also been concerns Mauritius would allow China to build a base on one of the other islands.