Latest from Lorraine Mallinder
How an Ecological Disaster in Mauritius Awakened a People
When the MV Wakashio smashed into a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius in 2020, it created a sense of national unity and fed into a wave of political anger. Yet the search for justice following the oil spill and the cleanup is testing the islanders’ resolve.
A Tiny Archipelago in the Indian Ocean Is at the Heart of a Major Political Struggle
The handoff of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius comes at a moment of Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific, which has made the transfer a matter of geopolitical significance on five continents. But what of the islands’ former inhabitants, exiled to make way for a U.S. Navy base?