Mauritius wins sovereignty over Chagos Islands from UK, leasing Diego Garcia naval base, amid political and legal battles.

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

Mauritius deal to turn over the archipelago shores up Western influence in the Indian Ocean as China tries to increase its ...

Once seen as a relic of colonialism, the Chagos Archipelago has evolved into a flashpoint in global strategic competition.

Prime Minister offered ‘massive congratulations’ by Beijing despite his attempts to distance island from Far Eastern ...

A Union Jack once always caught the sun somewhere around the globe. But now that will no longer be the case, after a court ...

The court declared as unlawful the 1965 forcible detachment of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and its incorporation ...

Yesterday, following a last-minute flurry of lawfare, the government published the text of its Chagos agreement with ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signed a historic agreement transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ...

Sir Keir Starmer claimed China opposed his deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but in fact they support it ...

Following the Government’s negotiations, we have now agreed to give up our sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territories, which are ...

T he United Kingdom has finalized a historic £3.4 billion agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...