Mauritius deal to turn over the archipelago shores up Western influence in the Indian Ocean as China tries to increase its ...

The Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, chaired today a meeting on the visit to be undertaken by a high-level delegation to the Chagos Archipelago, following the landmark ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction ...

Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814, when they were ceded by France. The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, which has supported U.S ...