British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, that he wants "strong ...

The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to ...

Luquin. Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central ...

Note: This is part three of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. Part one — Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Would Be a Strategic Blow ...

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 ...

The Prime Minister told Navin Ramgoolam he wants ‘strong protections’ for the UK-US military base on the island chain.

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease — an agreement that needs to be ratified. Since then, an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and new ...

Representatives from Mauritius and the UK held more discussions in London about the future of the Chagos Archipelago, said a joint statement issued following the meeting. "Good progress has been ...

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 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.

The joint statement released this morning said: 'Representatives from Mauritius and the UK held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago.

Mauritius has hinted it has secured more concessions from the UK on the Chagos Islands. Keir Starmer has been pushing for a quick agreement on ceding sovereignty of the archipelago - with just a ...