The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the largely uninhabited Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The islands have been known as the British Indian Ocean Territory since being administratively ...

Plans are underway to establish one of the world’s largest marine protected areas – a key step toward the sustainable resettlement of a community removed from their homes on the Chagos Islands decades ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A U.K.-Mauritius deal recognizing the latter’s claim to the Chagos Islands in the Western Indian Ocean could be in trouble as Mauritius seeks to ...