Now London wants to hand over the archipelago to Mauritius ... the history and strategic significance of the Chagos Islands, the geographical location of the base is crucial for Washington.

In 1965, as part of negotiations leading to Mauritian independence, the UK government excised the Chagos Archipelago from colonial Mauritius. The UK kept the islands, which are in a globally strategic ...

The relationship between the Chagos Islands and Mauritius has long been fraught. Despite their geographical distance ... for Chagossians to the Chagos Archipelago.” ...

The Chagos Archipelago, home to Diego Garcia ... and beyond. Its central location enables long-range air and naval missions, surveillance, and logistics support for global military operations ...

Back in 2021, the group of Tamils claimed asylum on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago ... has never been a suitable long-term location for migrants and Ministers have ...

Mauritius is getting sovereignty over the remote Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean ... could ultimately decide to vacate the base in favour of an alternative location. That would leave Britain as ...

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been ...

By walking the decades-old talk on demanding sovereignty for Mauritius and holding firm throughout the negotiation process, ...

The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced ...

In a joint statement with Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth, Keir Starmer said that Mauritius will take control of the islands, ...