Now London wants to hand over the archipelago to Mauritius ... the history and strategic significance of the Chagos Islands, the geographical location of the base is crucial for Washington.

Fuel tanks sit at the edge of a miltary airstrip on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from ...

In a historic move, the UK will be handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while Diego Garcia, the biggest of the 60-island Indian Ocean archipelago ...

As the years progressed, several generations of Chagos islanders developed a common language and culture. For administrative purposes, Britain grouped the Chagos Archipelago and several other ...

The UK has handed sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after decades of negotiations. The Indian Ocean archipelago had been a British island territory for over half a century ...

In 1965, as part of negotiations leading to Mauritian independence, the UK government excised the Chagos Archipelago from colonial Mauritius. The UK kept the islands, which are in a globally strategic ...

After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in ... said in a statement. The map locates the Chagos Islands, which includes ...

The Chagos Islands are strategically significant because of their location in the Indian Ocean ... United Kingdom on the status of the Chagos Archipelago. “It is a clear demonstration that ...

The relationship between the Chagos Islands and Mauritius has long been fraught. Despite their geographical distance ... for Chagossians to the Chagos Archipelago.” ...

Fuel tanks at the edge of a military airstrip on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site ... of its shape and its strategic location in the Indian Ocean, within ...

In a historic move, the UK will be handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius while Diego Garcia, the biggest of the 60-island Indian Ocean archipelago ...