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Britain must Withdraw from Mauritius’ Chagos Islands

December 9, 2022

Britain is on the cusp of decolonising Mauritius – again. The first attempt at decolonisation took place in 1968 but went unfulfilled when London kept hold of an island group that had long been regarded as Mauritian territory: the Chagos …

Theresa May in Africa: Cynical post-Brexit development agenda smacks of desperation

Michael Jennings

September 3, 2018

British ministers in 1948 discussed development investment needs for African colonial territories. The focus was not on the needs of those countries, but on how colonial development might best support the British economy. There was also a political calculation to …