The United Kingdom will transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The British ...

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.

an archipelago of nearly 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius as part of a deal to secure the US-UK military base at Diego Garcia. This move was lauded by India, which shares close ...

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain ...

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

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) LONDON, Oct 3 (KUNA) -- The UK has announced it is giving up Sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...