This post tells the fascinating story of two recent and remarkable developments in the decolonization of the Chagos ...
THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the group to ...
Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...
The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been ...
The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced ...
Deal handing sovereignty of British Indian Ocean Territory was reached between UK and Mauritius, with the White House voicing ...
Other large British Overseas Territories include the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the British Virgin Islands and ...
The UK has made a foolish trade of hard power for soft, which will quickly evaporate, and gained nothing in return.
Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
A 2019 World Court opinion on the Chagos Islands bears significant comparison to the recent ruling on Israel’s occupation of ...
Mauritius is getting sovereignty over the remote Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, but Britain will continue to ...
The UK decision was welcomed by India and the US, and shows a capacity for fresh thinking. But the transfer of sovereignty ...