Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to ...

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

In recent years, the UK has come under growing pressure from United Nations bodies to return the islands and in 2022, the ...

The Government has refused to say when it believes the deal with Mauritius for the Chagos Islands will be completed despite Downing Street saying it was being “finalised”.

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing an agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a UK territory hosting a key ...

Chagos is one of the world’s longest-running unresolved issues of decolonization, whose return to Mauritius has been championed by India for decades. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to ...

A deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is being “finalised” after winning approval from Donald Trump’s US, Downing Street said. The plan will see the UK give up sovereignty over the British ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. Britain is seeking to finalize a deal on handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald Trump said last month that ...

It is not clear what madness would cause the Labour Government to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while paying them for a 99-year U.S. lease. The crux of Mauritius’s argument is that the ...

LONDON (AP) — Two women born on the Chagos Islands are seeking to take the British government to court over a proposed deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Indian Ocean archipelago to ...

This centrality will “increase manifold,” should sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, currently under British control, be returned to Mauritius, the former Indian security official said.