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UK to hand over important islands in Indian Ocean to Mauritius, but there's a catch
The United Kingdom will transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. The British ...
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Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
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British police cars, American biscuits and wild donkeys - what life is like on the Chagos Islands
Sir Keir Starmer’s government announces Britain will return of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - but what’s it like on the ...
UK gives sovereignty of long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, though a key US base remains
The British government agreed to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian ...
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Chagos diaspora angry at lack of input on islands' fate
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Alert: UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius
LONDON (AP) — UK agrees to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.
The Economist9d
Britain has agreed to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
F ew places in the world are quite so remote as the 60 or so islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago. Africa sits 3,000km to the west, Indonesia 3,000km to the east; the nearest large land mass is ...