After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. David Vine This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important ...

Once a single-crop nation sliding toward economic ruin, the tiny island of Mauritius off Africa`s southeastern coast sees within its grasp the dream of becoming Africa`s Hong Kong. Textile mills ...

As Mauritius takes back control, there are big environmental implications. These 247,000 square miles (640,000km²) of remote seas include among the most pristine tropical coral reef ecosystems on ...

The chain of Indian Ocean islands are claimed by Mauritius but are actually more than 2,000km away from the African nation. Chagos has seven atolls and around 60 islands; of these, Diego Garcia is ...

Over 50% of the island country’s land is arable, with sugarcane occupying about 90% of its total cultivation land.In fact, sugarcane is the country’s major export crop – in 2013, Mauritius ...

But despite the U.K. paying 3 million pounds for the islands, Mauritius has argued it was illegally forced to give them away as part of a deal to gain ... a country of few more than 1 million people.

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the UK-U ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the ...

Mauritius oil spill: fears for island’s marine life after initial tests fail to resolve fuel mystery. Calls for transparency grow as scientists say substance is ‘unlike anything we’ve seen ...