The territory claimed by the UK overlaps the Antarctic claims of Argentina (Argentine Antarctica) and Chile (Chilean ...
In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...
When Captain Robert Moresby sailed through the Chagos Islands between 1834 and 1837, to conduct the first survey of the ...
The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...
The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively ...
In a major development, the UK government agreed to hand over the sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of nearly 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius as part of ...
The Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) have, today, reached an agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago.
Image Source : REUTERS UK has decided to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after years of contestations. London: The United Kingdom has agreed to hand over sovereignty of ...