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

After almost 59 years of controversial existence, the last vestige of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean, the British ...

The recent transfer of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius marks the end of the last African colony of the United Kingdom and ...

Without British oversight, experts fear fishing vessels will have free rein to harvest the region, damaging its pristine reef ...

When Great Britain began to decolonise its Indian Ocean territories, there was no logic or reason why the islands should be ...

The archipelago was acquired in the 1960s and a US military base established by displacing the indigenous population to ...

The United Kingdom's recent decision to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former British colony, was a ...

India stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives after the two leaders held talks in New Delhi on Monday in a bid ...

Mauritius is a stable and prosperous Indian Ocean archipelago. Once dependent on sugar exports, the island has built up a ...

THE Chagos Islands are an archipelago that have made headlines after the UK agreed to hand sovereignty over the group to ...

Regional powers India and China compete for influence in the archipelago nation, which is strategically located in the Indian Ocean. For decades, India has been a critical provider of development ...

What started as a bid for the UK to mend fences with its former colonies may, in fact, evolve into a major turning point for ...