Why Labour’s Chagos handover is a win for China – and a disaster for the ecosystem
When Captain Robert Moresby sailed through the Chagos Islands between 1834 and 1837, to conduct the first survey of the ...
Where are the Chagos Islands, why is Britain giving up sovereignty and what happens to the Diego Garcia military base?
After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean ...
THE WEEK9d
UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius, minus US base
Britain said Thursday it would cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 small islands in the ...
The Telegraph2d
Chagos domain in no-man's land
Sir Humphrey Appleby’s astute observation about the state of politicians in Yes Minister continues to hold true as Britain has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands, a necklace of tropical islands in ...
Wyoming News9d
Chagos diaspora angry at lack of input on islands' fate
Raymonde Desiree was 25 when she was forced to leave her native Chagos Islands as Britain emptied the Indian Ocean ...
Why the return of the Chagos Islands has left Chagossians feeling excluded
The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced ...
The Sun6d
Chagos Islands: Where is the archipelago and can I visit the British Indian Ocean Territory?
THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the group to Mauritius. One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is especially important when ...
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Chagos Islands: How to ensure their coral reefs aren't damaged as they return to Mauritius
Chagos is nearly three times the area of the British Isles. In 2010, it became the world's largest marine protected area that bans any form of fishing. The shallow water coral reefs account for 1. ...
London Evening Standard9d
Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands?
The UK Government has reached a political agreement to allow Mauritius to take sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. The historic agreement struck this week means Mauritius will assume sovereignty ...
ITV6d
Chagos Islands: What now for the UK's other overseas territories?
On October 3 the UK announced a deal which would see the sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands handed to Mauritius. The deal also included the largest island in the archipelago, Diego Garcia ...
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Britain to give Chagos Island to Mauritius, retain US-UK military base
Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the UK ...