Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute - Wikipedia
WEBOn 28 January 2021, the United Nation's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruled, in a dispute between Mauritius and Maldives on their maritime boundary, that the United Kingdom has no sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, and that Mauritius is …
Foreign Secretary's statement on the Chagos Islands, 7 October …
WEB6 days ago — 7 October 2024. With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the conclusion of negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory. On Thursday 3 October ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era Dispute
WEBOct 3, 2024 — Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, is the site of a major military base used by Britain and the United States. ... Mr. Starmer has not made the Chagos dispute the ...
UN court rules UK has no sovereignty over Chagos islands - BBC
WEBJan 28, 2021 — The maritime law tribunal of the United Nations has ruled that Britain has no sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. It criticised London for its failure to hand the territory back to Mauritius.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEBOct 3, 2024 — A handful of Chagos islanders, who’d been forced to abandon their homes in the late 1960s and early 70s, repeatedly took the British government to court.
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
WEBOct 3, 2024 — The British government agreed to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base.
The Chagos agreement explained
WEB23 hours ago — A collection of seven atolls comprised of more than 60 islands, the Chagos Islands have been controlled by Britain since 1814. Once administered as part of the British colony of Mauritius, they ...
Chagos Islands dispute: Mauritius calls US and UK 'hypocrites' - BBC
WEBOct 19, 2020 — Last year, a UN court ruled that the UK should end its control of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which includes a US military base. Mauritius says it was forced to trade the islands in 1965 for ...
Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
WEBOct 4, 2024 — After a dispute running for more than 50 years, the United Kingdom will finally hand back the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, to the southeast African island...
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB3 Oct 2024. The United Kingdom has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will secure the future of a key US military base on the atoll of Diego...