Author: Josef Alkatout

Recent historic political agreement between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the Chagos Archipelago has been met with applause from US President Joe Biden. The agreement allows the US to maintain its military base on Diego Garcia while giving Chagossians limited rights to return to smaller islands in the archipelago. Diego Garcia’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean has been crucial for US operations in the Middle East, especially during the “war on terror”. The base played a significant role in the controversial “extraordinary rendition program”, where detainees were captured and interrogated without legal oversight. Despite denials from American and…