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Africa-Press – Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span>Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis sealed a landmark deal to regain sovereignty over a chain of islands from Britain.<\/p>\n

Parliament was to be dissolved immediately, President Prithvirajsing Roopun’s office said, with candidates to be nominated by October 22.<\/p>\n

A five-year deadline meant parliament was due to be dissolved by late November in any case.<\/p>\n

But the announcement came just after Mauritius secured a long-awaited deal with Britain on Thursday to regain control of the Chagos Islands.<\/p>\n

For years, Britain had resisted international pressure to hand back the remote Indian Ocean archipelago because it maintains a military base jointly with the United States on the biggest island, Diego Garcia.<\/p>\n

Under the deal, Britain will retain a lease to keep the military base open for an “initial” 99 years.<\/p>\n

Mauritius is a prosperous and stable democracy in a sometimes volatile neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

It is predominantly Hindu but with sizeable Muslim and Chinese constituencies, as well as groups from Creole and European backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth inherited his position in 2017 on the death of his father, Anerood Jugnauth, as head of the centre-right Morisian Alliance.<\/p>\n

He confirmed his standing with victory in the 2019 election, when his coalition won 42 of 70 seats.<\/p>\n

– ‘Justice’ –<\/p>\n

Britain decided in 1965 to separate the Chagos islands from Mauritius and set up a military base there, which it later developed alongside the United States.<\/p>\n

The base is home US long-range bombers and ships and was used during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s deal was hailed by US President Joe Biden as a “historic agreement”. Biden said the base “plays a vital role in national, regional, and global security”.<\/p>\n

“For the first time in more than 50 years, the status of the base will be undisputed and legally secure,” the UK foreign ministry added.<\/p>\n

Jugnauth said Thursday that the deal showed how a small country can “win justice against major powers”.<\/p>\n

“Today, 56 years after our independence, our decolonisation is complete. Now our national anthem can sound out even louder across our territory,” he said.<\/p>\n

Britain evicted thousands of Chagos islanders when it built the base in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

The new treaty, which has yet to be finalised, could pave the way for their return, though that is considered unlikely given the current lack of any permanent population.<\/p>\n

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