evidence: Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago. [...] The islands had been administered as part of Mauritius from the 18th Century onwards. In 1965, shortly before Mauritian independence the UK separated them along with Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches in the Seychelles to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. [...] 2010 - Mauritius and France agree to jointly manage Tromelin, a tiny Indian Ocean island owned by France but claimed by Mauritius.