Fertile African lands colonisers stole from indigenous communities

Mauritius- Chagos Archipelago

The Chagos Archipelago of Mauritius is close to 70 per cent fertile. They were the subject of a fight between the French and British largely. Once Britain took over the lands in 1810, it established sugar plantations. Before that, the French had cultivated coconut.

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When it gained ownership of the lands, Britain drove out the indigenous Chagossians a Bourbonnais Creole-speaking community and captured a few to work on their plantations. In 1965, the United Kingdom took total control over the island after making it a part of its territory. Currently, Mauritius is in dispute with the United Kingdom over their claim of the Chagos Archipelago.