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And when you learn that France’s largest and most prominent island, Corsica, sits in a strategic sweet spot between the populous coasts of France and Italy, you’d expect it to be one of the most ...

Four small coral islands, an atoll and a reef in the Indian Ocean are at the centre of geopolitical tensions between France and Madagascar. Although they cover just 16 square miles of land and have no ...