The Chagos Archipelago became a British territory in 1814. In 1965, the U.K. formally separated the islands from its then-colony Mauritius, before Mauritius gained independence three years later.

Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago, and the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the Chagos to Mauritius, around 2,100 kilometers (1,250 ...

Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...

Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the ...

The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on Diego ...

Members of the House of Lords stress that renewal of the deal in 99 years will depend on the goodwill of the then-government ...

In 2017 China abstained on a UN General Assembly vote which asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an ...

Small print in the UK's agreement with Mauritius could limit the United States' ability to launch an attack on Iran.

A six-year-old British boy was detained in Mauritius alongside several adults in connection with a £1.6 million drug ...

David Lammy accused a Reform UK MP of “swallowing conspiracy theories” over a question she asked him in the House of Commons.

Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago, and the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the Chagos to Mauritius, around 2,100 kilometers (1,250 ...