NOT BINDINGThe decision means that London could be required to abandon the region it has in the past used for military purposes together with the United States. "The United Kingdom's continued administration of the Chagos Archipelago constitutes a wrongful act," chief judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf said. There was no immediate reaction from Britain or the United States. Between 1968 and 1973 around 2,000 Chagos islanders were evicted, to Britain, Mauritius and the Seychelles, to make way for a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands. The United States meanwhile said the court had a "duty" not to take a position on the row.

Source: Daily Nation February 25, 2019 18:01 UTC