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

The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the ...

The U.K. and Mauritius announced an agreement in October to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a chain of more than 60 islands just south of the equator off the tip of India. Under the ...

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Conservatives have attacked "costly" plans to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which has reportedly made huge ...

Sir Keir Starmer's deal with the Mauritian government for the Chagos Islands may be about to hit the buffers after the ...

Mauritius's deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are being held up over the amount of money involved. Under the terms of the ...

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The Foreign Office has suggested the agreement to hand the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius is under review after previously presenting it as a done deal. In a statement released today ...

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius ...