UK to return Chagos Islands
Why the return of the Chagos Islands has left Chagossians feeling excluded
The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced decades ago, feel excluded from the deal.View on euronews
UK to return Chagos Islands — but secretive US base will remain
The United Kingdom agreed last week to return the Chagos Islands, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to the African nation of Mauritius after buying the islands and forcibly removing its native inhabitants in the late 1960s to make way for a U.
Chagos Islands: How to ensure their coral reefs aren't damaged as they return to Mauritius
The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively detached in 1965 from what was then the colony of Mauritius.
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era Dispute
After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
Chagos islands: what the UK-Mauritius agreement means for displaced Chagossians
Under the new political agreement, the UK will provide financial support to Mauritius, including a new trust fund for displaced Chagossians. Mauritius will be able to resettle the Chagos islands, other than Diego Garcia. This island will remain the site of a US-UK military facility for at least 99 years.
The Economist4d
Britain should not hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The British government unsurprisingly wants to draw a line under that sorry history. On October 3rd it announced plans to ...
The U.K. Turning Over The Chagos Islands To Mauritius Empowers China
Mauritius is an ally of China, and Beijing is licking its chops at the prospect of conducting electronic snooping of the base ...
New Scientist2d
Millions of websites could be impacted by UK deal on Chagos Islands
The UK government's decision to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius surprisingly threatens the extinction of millions of ...
Starmer’s filthy Chagos Islands deal preserves Diego Garcia as key US-UK military base
Strategically located between East Africa and Southeast Asia, Diego Garcia serves as a surveillance centre for the Middle ...
THE WEEK9d
UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius, minus US base
Britain said Thursday it would cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 small islands in ...
Biden personally pressured Starmer to give up Chagos Islands
The sun will finally set on the British Empire, reportedly heavily due to President Joe Biden's pressure on Prime Minister ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...
Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem
When Captain Robert Moresby sailed through the Chagos Islands between 1834 and 1837, to conduct the first survey of the ...