Indian Ocean Commission with its expertise in several areas. The collaboration is of primary importance to facilitate a good economic integration of countries and regions pertaining to the same geographical areas. It is pursued vigorously and positively by France/Reunion. Indian Ocean Commission The Indian Ocean Commission (, COI) is an intergovernmental organization that was created in 1982 at Port Louis, Mauritius and institutionalized in 1984 by the Victoria Agreement in Seychelles. The COI is composed of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles. Notwithstanding their different characteristics (Reunion as a French overseas region; Mauritius
Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory Terrorism in the British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory, sometimes known as the Chagos Archipelago has had many threats of occupation by various groups, especially the since the Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago, as well as being a joint UK-US facility that is used in countering terrorism. The UK maintains there is a low risk of terrorism in this territory. In 2008 it was exposed in TIME magazine by Lawrence Wilkerson that a secret War on Terror prison had existed on the island of Diego Garcia from 2002–2006. He claimed that Diego Garcia was used