Freedom for Chagos islands: UK’s deal with Mauritius will be a win for all: Britain is close to resolving its territorial dispute with Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago, located in the central Indian Ocean. For years, Mauritius has claimed the island group as part of its sovereign territory. It says that Britain unlawfully detached the …
Massive US-led naval exercises in Hawai’i and Pacific islands reflect over a century of colonial exploitation of the region: Since the last week in June, navies and naval assets from 29 countries have been taking part the world’s largest naval exercises. The US-led Rimpac 2024 (Exercise Rim of the Pacific), the 29th such exercise to …
Entangled Islands exhibition explores the history of Irish people in the Caribbean – an expert review: A new exhibition at Epic, Dublin’s Irish emigration museum, explores connections between Ireland and the Caribbean. Entangled Islands aims to tell “the stories of a wide range of Irish people who traversed and settled in the Caribbean”, while also outlining …
How COP28 failed the world’s small islands: As the gavel came down on the latest round of climate talks in Dubai, there were declarations of “we united, we acted, we delivered” from the COP28 presidency. This was met by a sense of déjà vu among delegates of the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis), an …
Madagascar’s 2023 presidential election is crucial for the island’s future, but it’s off to a rocky start: Madagascar is set to elect its president on 16 November 2023, for the next five years. There’s a lot at stake. I’ve studied Madagascar’s politics – focusing on democratisation and political transitions – and believe that this election …
Why an EU document mentioning the ‘Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands’ is a big deal: Vijay Chander/Unsplash At a recent summit of European leaders and their counterparts from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), the European Union published a declaration in which it referred to the “Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands”. The summit was aimed at …
Tropical seagrass meadows are sand factories that could protect coral reef islands from sea-level rise: Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock Seagrasses are flowering plants that form dense underwater meadows in coastal waters worldwide, from the frigid seas of the Arctic to the warm shallows of the Caribbean. These meadows provide a refuge for young fish, food for grazing …
Why Britain should immediately withdraw from Mauritius’ Chagos Islands: Demonstrators from the Chagos Islands protest for Britain to end its "illegal occupation". Photo by JEAN MARC POCHE/AFP via Getty Images Britain is on the cusp of decolonising Mauritius – again. The first attempt at decolonisation took place in 1968 but went unfulfilled when London kept …
Vanuatu: why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis: Mark and Anna Photography / shutterstock Small island states are losing their patience with big polluting nations as they suffer the devastating impacts of climate change. Without significant movement at the forthcoming COP27 climate talks in …
A dam built in the Amazon created thousands of ‘forest islands’ but they are too small to sustain most species: The Balbina Dam (bottom right) created thousands of small islands. Google Earth, CC BY-SA Built in the 1980s, the Balbina Dam is one of dozens of large dams across rivers in the Amazon Basin. Such …
A nice South African City image: British Library digitised image from page 236 of “The Atlantic Navigator: being a nautical description of the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, the West Coast of Africa, the coasts of Brazil and Patagonia, the Islands of the Azores, Madeiras, Canarie Image by The British Library Image taken from: …
A cool South African City image: British Library digitised image from page 237 of “The Atlantic Navigator: being a nautical description of the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, the West Coast of Africa, the coasts of Brazil and Patagonia, the Islands of the Azores, Madeiras, Canarie Image by The British Library Image taken from: …
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Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents: Tasha Ghouri is the first deaf Islander on the popular ITV show. ITV / Lifted Entertainment I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that …
Pacific islands: an unexpected new dimension to power struggles between US and China: Low lying islands in the Pacific are threatened by climate change. Shutterstock The island states of the Pacific – from large Papua New Guinea to the smaller island state of Tuvalu – find themselves in a newly influential position as the west …
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How the controversial nationality and borders bill may help people from Chagos Islands and Hong Kong: The nationality and borders bill has been widely condemned as the continuation of a decade-long, Conservative-led immigration regime set on demonstrating that the UK is “tough on immigration”. It has been dubbed the “hostile environment” policy. During its passage …
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