A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and ...

Under the deal, the important naval and bomber base on Diego Garcia — one of the archipelago’s largest island, operated by U.S. forces, will be leased by the U.K. from Mauritius which will ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

The deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain will retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts a ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

Britain’s government has acknowledged that its removal of islanders was wrong, and has granted many citizenship and set aside some funds to improve their lives. But it continues to bar Chagossians ...

PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces calls to suspend his deal handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius after UN experts criticised its treatment of the Chagossian people.

The High Court ruled against a last-minute legal challenge by some Chagossians to stop the deal The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The islands were once part of colonised Mauritius and controlled by Britain after Mauritius gained independence in ...