The UK must hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, even if Donald Trump scuttles the current proposed agreement, the ...

Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their ...

The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of ...

A prospective deal on returning the Chagos islands to Mauritius will ensure the United States maintains its strategic military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, Mauritius's prime minister said ...

Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has questioned the duration of the lease on a U.S.-British military base, he told a ...

LIVE: Mauritius Says Can't Let UK Own Diego Garcia Amid Chagos Deal Rift | Firstpost Africa Mauritius’ new PM Navin Ramgoolam ...

The UK government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump's administration is ...

The UK split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Media reports have suggested Mauritius is attempting to lower the time the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest island in the Chagos archipelago - from 99 years to 50. A ...

Britain's foreign secretary David Lammy said it was right that the new U.S. administration has the chance to review a deal ...