Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...
Activists have decried a deal that the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius with the exception of ...
For years, Mauritius demanded the UK end its control on the Chagos Archipelago. Why was their ownership a matter of ...
The UK said that “without” the new agreement signed today, “the long-term, secure operation of the [Diego Garcia] military base would be under threat, with contested sovereignty and legal challenges — ...
They include Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands and the site of the strategically positioned military base. Among the reasons for the long-running dispute over the archipelago is the ...
Asylum seekers have been held on a tiny British tropical island that has no permanent population for the last three years.
Mauritius, in a deal that secures the future of a strategically important UK-US military base there. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego ...
The agreement to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands has reawakened the debate about the Falklands. Sean O’Grady examines ...