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Indian Ocean marine parks off Christmas Island and Cocos Islands get the go-ahead

After months of consultation with locals, plans for two marine parks off Christmas Island and Cocos Islands are set to proceed.

ABC News

Geography gives India an advantage: Navy

Building capacity to counter whatever capacity China can bring into the region, it tells House Committee

The Hindu

Seychelles follows Maldives in easing travel rules for vaccinated

Indian Ocean nation asks for a booster after six months

The Independent UK

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Stunning deepwater rose-veiled fairy wrasse confirmed as new species

The rose-veiled fairy wrasse lives on reefs as far as 150 metres below the surface of the Indian Ocean and was first recorded in the 1990s — but scientists have only just discovered it is a new species

ABC News

Rwanda has reopened the border with Uganda but distrust could close it again

Rwanda has now fully reopened the Gatuna border with Uganda, ending a three-year impasse on the Northern Corridor, one of East Africa’s key transport arteries that funnels goods from the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda abruptly closed the border in…

The Conversation

Cypriot Defense Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Look Forward to Establishing Defense Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

Cypriot Defense Minister Charalambos Petrides revealed his country’s intention to conclude imminent bilateral agreements with Saudi Arabia on defense, military and security cooperation. He stressed the need to enhance the maritime security of waterways in the eastern Mediterranean, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Lashes Washington over Quad, North Korea

China’s top diplomat on Monday accused Washington of trying to create an Asian version of the US-European NATO military alliance and said it is up to the Biden administration to improve relations with North Korea. US policy toward East Asia and the Indian Ocean and efforts to strengthen military ties…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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African states need a vision for relations with the Indo-Pacific

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association. Nine of the organisation’s member states are African, ranging from Somalia in the north west to South Africa in the south. It also includes islands, such as Mauritius, off the western seaboard. It brings together governments, business and…

The Conversation

Fourteen people missing after Tanzanian aircraft crashes in Comoros, owner says

Rescuers in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros are searching for 14 passengers and crew on a Tanzania-registered light aircraft which crashed over the weekend, the plane's owner said on Monday.

Reuters

At Unguja Ukuu, human activity transformed the coast of Zanzibar more than 1,000 years ago

The medieval settlement of Unguja Ukuu, on the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, was a key port in an extensive Indian Ocean trade network that linked eastern Africa, southern Arabia, India and Southeast Asia.

The Conversation

How the US and UK worked together to recolonise the Chagos Islands and evict Chagossians

On 15 February 2022 the Mauritian flag was raised on two Indian Ocean atolls, Peros Banos and Salomon, both belonging to the Chagos archipelago. This was the first time that Mauritius’ flag was raised in the Chagos Islands, even though there is clear evidence that these 60 islands form part…

The Conversation

Cyclone Emnati hits Madagascar; island's 4th major storm in a month

Winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour (84 mph) battered Madagascar early on Wednesday as Cyclone Emnati made landfall, becoming the fourth major storm to hit the Indian Ocean island in a month.

Reuters

Britain's ownership of the Chagos islands has no basis, Mauritius is right to claim them

The decolonisation of Mauritius was never fully completed. This is because, in 1965, the British government put islands belonging to Mauritius into a new colonial jurisdiction, the British Indian Ocean Territory, which still exists today. It is long past time for this colonial-era wrongdoing to be made right, and for…

The Conversation

Finding a slice of paradise in Mauritius

In search of replenishment, Sarfraz Manzoor finds his sweet spot at this Indian Ocean paradise

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

UK firm on Chagos Islands claim after Mauritius plants flag

Britain has reaffirmed its sovereignty over a remote Indian Ocean archipelago after Mauritius underlined its own territorial claim by planting a flag on the islands

The Independent UK

Madagascar, southern Africa brace for more tropical storms

Even as southern African nations assess the devastation caused earlier this month by Cyclone Batsirai, a new tropical storm is approaching as the Indian Ocean region is confronted by an intense cyclone season

Dynamite News

'Support India's continued rise, regional leadership': US Indo-Pacific strategy

With the aim to adapt its role for the 21st century, the Biden Administration has announced the new Indo-Pacific strategy which supports India's "continued rise and regional leadership" in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region.

The Independent UK

Mauritius presses claim versus UK for Indian Ocean islands

A delegation from Mauritius set sail Tuesday to the Chagos Islands to press the country’s claim for the strategically important Indian Ocean archipelago, which is also claimed by Britain and is home to an American military base

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Cyclone kills at least 10 in Madagascar, destroying homes and cutting power

A cyclone killed at least 10 people in southeastern Madagascar, the second to hit the Indian Ocean island in just two weeks, triggering floods, bringing down buildings and cutting power, officials said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Cyclone Batsirai blows across Indian Ocean toward Madagascar

Weather officials forecast that the full force of Cyclone Batsirai is to hit Madagascar Saturday evening

The Independent UK

Madagascar on high alert for Cyclone Batsirai's winds, rain

Madagascar has put six of its regions on high alert as tropical Cyclone Batsirai is forecast to hit the Indian Ocean island’s east coast Saturday with intense winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour

The Independent UK

Madagascar braces for cyclone blowing in from Indian Ocean

Madagascar is bracing for a new cyclone even as the Indian Ocean island recovers from a tropical storm that wreaked devastation last month

Radio France Internationale

Tropical cyclone Batsirai batters France’s Reunion Island

At least 12 people have been injured on the French Indian Ocean territory of La Reunion as tropical cyclone Batsirai lashed the island Thursday, dumping rain and blowing powerful winds overnight – conditions that continue to keep residents inside.

The Conversation

Killer whales taking food from fishing lines reveal something intriguing about human evolution

Who would go off to try and catch a fish if a sushi buffet had been laid on? Not me. Nor killer whales, according to new research that vividly illustrates the allure for these animals of the easy pickings provided by longline fisheries for Patagonian toothfish in the Indian Ocean.

The Independent UK

Cyclone Batsirai strengthening, threatening Madagascar

Forecasts say Tropical Cyclone Batsirai is increasing in intensity and is expected to pass north of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on Wednesday evening and make landfall in central Madagascar on Saturday afternoon

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