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

The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...

LONDON - Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. France ceded ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

On October 3 the Government announced that it had reached a deal to recognise that “Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago”. The archipelago is in the Indian Ocean and contains a ...

Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago. In a joint statement ...

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before ...

A senior politician has claimed the UK’s American allies “will be furious” after the Government reached a deal with Mauritius over the future of the Chagos Archipelago. On October 3 the ...