THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago (group of islands) that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius.  One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is ...

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US ...

Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

but has resisted because of the military base on Diego Garcia island that plays a key role for US operations in the Indian Ocean and Gulf. "For the first time in more than 50 years, the status of ...

The island of Rodrigues ... this tiny volcanic outpost in the Indian Ocean beats Mauritius hands down for snorkelling and diving, deep-sea fishing and kite-surfing. There’s barely a soul ...

UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius LONDON -- UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian ...

The Chagos Islands are a collection of 60 islands that lie 500km south of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. They were claimed by Mauritius, after the country gained independence in 1968.

(AP Photo/Mike Corder, File) LONDON (AFP) — Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but under what President Joe Biden called a "historic agreement" ...

but has resisted because of the military base on Diego Garcia island that plays a key role for US operations in the Indian Ocean and Gulf.