Chagos Archipelago - Wikipedia
WEBThe Chagos Archipelago (/ ˈ tʃ ɑː ɡ ə s,-ɡ oʊ s /) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, [2] and later the Oil Islands) is a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of …
The Chagos agreement explained
WEB21 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 Archipelago | Island Group, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Chagos Archipelago, island group in the central Indian Ocean, located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent. It is coterminous with the British Indian Ocean.
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 country...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEBOct 3, 2024 · UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more ...
The UK must focus on how the Chagos decision is implemented …
WEB2 days ago · The same year the UN General Assembly voted 116 in favour to 6 against, and with 56 abstentions, for a resolution ‘welcoming a 25 February 2019 International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the legal consequences of separating the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965, demanding that the UK unconditionally withdraw its colonial administration from the area within six months’ to ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · After years of legal wrangling and negotiations, Britain said it would surrender sovereignty of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, is...
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.
Chagos islanders in emotional, historic trip home - BBC
WEBFeb 12, 2022 · On a clear warm afternoon deep in the Indian Ocean, five islanders who were thrown off their remote archipelago by the British half a century ago kissed the sand and cried as they stepped on to the...