This post tells the fascinating story of two recent and remarkable developments in the decolonization of the Chagos ...

The UK decision was welcomed by India and the US, and shows a capacity for fresh thinking. But the transfer of sovereignty ...

Analysis - Britain is close to resolving its territorial dispute with Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago, located in the ...

Freedom for Chagos islands: by Peter Harris Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University Britain is close to resolving its territorial dispute with Mauritius over the Chagos ...

In a deal announced in a joint statement, London and Port Louis have agreed that all but one of the Chagos Islands will be returned to Mauritian control as soon as a treaty can be finalised. This ...

In the late 1960s, the inhabitants of the remote Chagos ... to arrive there in the 16th century. Under French rule, African slaves and Indian laborers were settled on the archipelago in the ...

The United Kingdom agreed last week to return the Chagos Islands, a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to the African ...

Lammy told MPs in a House ... Chagos Islands from Mauritius was “not based on the free and genuine expression of the will of the people concerned.” It said the U.K. was “under an obligation to bring ...

The sovereignty of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands “is not up for negotiation”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the ...

Under a deal with Mauritius, after what are said to be years of negotiations, the UK will hand over the Chagos Islands to that country in what has been described as a historic move. The archipelago ...

Robert Jenrick has accused David Lammy of handing over the Chagos Islands so he can “feel good about himself at his next ...