2007 Indian Ocean Island Games 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games The 2007 Indian Ocean Island Games commonly known as Les septieme Jeux des iles de L'Ocean Indien in French was the 7th edition of the competition, held in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The last edition was held in 2003 in Mauritius. The next edition took place in Seychelles in 2011. It was the second time Madagascar organized these games after the 1990 Indian Ocean Islands Games. The mascot of the games was a ravenala plant (which is a symbol of Madagascar) named Ravi 7 islands, all located in the Indian Ocean, participated in the 2007 Indian Ocean
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