Story so far: Mauritius won a strategic victory on May 22, 2025, when the United Kingdom (U.K.) officially handed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after finalising the political treaty ...

The U.K. recognized the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos Archipelago in an agreement signed May 22. While Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam praised the deal, it ...

Decades of dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, rooted in colonial history and international legal challenges, have been addressed after the United Kingdom agreed to transfer ...

India News: India has expressed its support for the treaty signed between the United Kingdom and Mauritius, which aims to restore Mauritian sovereignty over the C ...

U.K.'s Chagos Islands deal risks entrenching exile of some islanders: rights group As part of the agreement, Mauritius will be able to resettle Chagossian islanders, expelled from the archipelago ...

The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military base jointly operated by the UK and US. It monitors the Malacca Strait and ...

Deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the UK to Mauritius This satellite image released and taken on April 2, 2025 by Planet Labs PBC shows six American B-2 bomber planes on ...

The Chagos deal, though, looks like a bad deal, and nothing Starmer can say can persuade people otherwise. This month, the prime minister has secured four international deals.

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British administration. The deal includes a £101 million annual payment to lease the base for 99 ...

Chagos islanders fear they will never get to go home after UK’s Mauritius deal. Displaced islanders watched in despair Thursday as the government announced it was formally transferring the ...

Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the administration of Mauritius, a former British colony, until 1965, when Britain split them away from Mauritius.

Entire population evicted. Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the administration of Mauritius, a former British colony, until 1965, when Britain split them away from ...