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

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

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

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

Chagossians were not allowed to return to their homes. Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, was leased out to the US for a military base (Britain and the US will continue to ...

But by the time Mauritius was preparing for its independence from Britain in 1968, alternative plans were being made to detach the Chagos archipelago from neighbouring territories. As the Cold ...

The announcement of an agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago might end years of dispute between the UK and Mauritius governments over jurisdiction. But it marks the humble ...

After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony. The remote Indian Ocean archipelago will continue to host a US military base ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). It has been used as a joint UK-US military base since the 1970s, following the ...