Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ ...

The Government is currently scrambling to save its agreement to surrender control of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which ...

Britain has offered to pay hundreds of millions upfront to Mauritius in order to secure the Chagos Islands deal ...

The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and the United States.

The opposition Progressive Alliance defeated the outgoing government’s Lepep coalition in the Mauritian elections held on 10 November 2024. The results are indisputable. With 62% of the vote, the ...

Sir Keir Starmer is facing renewed pressure to abandon the proposed Chagos Islands deal after Mauritius's newly elected ...

secure and effective operation of the existing base on Diego Garcia and that Mauritius is sovereign over the [Chagos] Archipelago.” The Mauritian PM’s office didn’t respond to Mongabay’s ...

The new government in Mauritius has put the deal over Chagos Islands with the United Kingdom in jeopardy ... which is located on one of the islands of the archipelago. Weeks after the deal was ...

Despite there being a major UK-US airbase on Diego Garcia - the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago - the UK Prime Minister agreed a deal to give up the islands to Mauritius in October.

Mauritius's deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being ...

New Mauritian PM sends fresh Chagos proposals to UK Chagos deal remains on track ... of the existing base on Diego Garcia and that Mauritius is sovereign over the archipelago". They added that ...