Chagossians have submitted a fresh appeal to the United Nations Human Rights body challenging the UK Government's treaty to ...

OCEAN CITY — A primary evacuation route will remain passible longer in future floods, under a Cape May County plan to raise the roadway. Year-round residents tend to know what areas flood first ...

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

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

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The British administration further institutionalised the profession of scavenging in India. Official posts for manual scavenging were created across institutions of the empire, including the railways, ...

Dugasse, 68, has spent most of her life in the Seychelles and the U.K., wondering what it would be like to set foot on the tropical island of Diego Garcia, part of the remote cluster of atolls in the ...

The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K.

LONDON (AP) — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the ...