The mood was equal parts celebratory and somber among the 300-odd Chagossians who came together at a community center in Pointe aux Sables, Mauritius, in June. An agreement signed in May, now awaiting ...

LONDON (AP) — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming ...

LONDON -- The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last-minute ...

Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of ...

The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius. The Indian Ocean islands are ...

In 2024, the United Kingdom agreed to possibly one of the worst real estate deals in recorded history. It agreed to give Mauritius, a small country in the Indian Ocean, ownership of the Chagos Islands ...

Thousands of exiles from the isolated Chagos Archipelago—a cluster of atolls in the Indian Ocean that houses a critical American military base and is owned by Britain—may have won time in their ...

After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. Forcibly removed from the Chagos Archipelago more than 40 years ago, Chagos islanders ...