The Chagos Islands became a British Indian Ocean Territory in 1965, when they were legally severed from Mauritius, three years ahead of its independence. Mauritius, ...

The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is a UK Overseas Territory situated halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia and comprising the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, itself comprising ...

A paradise island in the Indian Ocean has become the centre of a complex legal dispute, a battle for control – and a "prison" for stranded migrants. In 2021, Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing ...

Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian Ocean, is about 1,300 miles northeast of Mauritian capital Port Louis.For half a century, it has been a staging area for major ...

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A chunk of British Indian Ocean Territory is the remote Chagos archipelago, embroiled in a long-running dispute between the U.K. government and Mauritius.

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US military base shrouded in secrecy will not be allowed to return ...

Over the past decade, China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and four of the most important maritime chokepoints.

The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the controversial move survived an eleventh-hour legal challenge and months of ...

Diego Garcia remains a dark British-American secret in the Indian Ocean. The recent Chagos deal between the UK and Mauritius is a true victory neither for Chagossians nor international law.

Sixty Lankan Tamil refugees, including at least 16 children, claim to have been ‘unlawfully detained’ on Diego Garcia since 2021, said a report published by The Week of the UK yesterday.. It said: A ...