The Chagos archipelago and the Diego Garcia base are strategically located in the Indian Ocean, and the West is fearful they could fall under the influence of a pro-China Mauritius administration.

The Chagos Archipelago lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean and comprises 58 islands including Diego Garcia, which houses a major joint British and American military base. The Archipelago has been ...

The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and ...

When Sir Keir Starmer announced in October that he had reached an agreement with Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the ...

Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the Mauritian government for the Chagos Islands may be about to hit the buffers after the ...

The United Kingdom’s (UK) October agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius appeared to address longstanding international legal issues surrounding decolonisation and ...

In the struggle for the right of return to the Chagos Islands, both the Conservatives and Labour parties (with the notable exception of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn) were also equally complicit ...

Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago, houses a US-UK military base - HO/US Navy/REUTERS The Chagos Islands had been interpreted by the US and UK to be exempt, in part because ...

Mauritius has ‘made a counter proposal’ in the Chagos Islands deal, reportedly demanding £800 million a year and ‘billions of ...

The Foreign Office has suggested the agreement to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius is under review after previously ...

and the vestiges of the British empire – both of which are neatly united in the Chagos archipelago. The whole reason Lefty lawyers – Starmer included – have campaigned against UK sovereignty ...

Conservatives have attacked "costly" plans to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which has reportedly made huge ...