Airlink to Mauritius in 2.5 hours. 11. Chagos potential – with the JFMA now defunct, ... 13. Largest marine protected area (MPA) – a commitment to marine biodiversity. 14.

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

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Analysis - 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 decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty of the archipelago to M Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

A legal challenge demanding the UK Government consult Chagossians before transferring sovereignty of their homeland has ...

Keir Starmer is facing humiliation on the international stage after experts at the United Nations (UN) called for his controversial deal with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands to be suspended.. UN ...

Two Chagossian women tried to block the UK-Mauritius deal at the UK High Court A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

Mauritius was granted independence from British colonial rule in 1965. But not the Chagos islands, which had been part of Mauritius but became a new colonial territory.

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people. The deal, signed last month ...