The United Kingdom has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, following a High Court ruling that has cleared the way for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to formalise the ...

The British government has finalised a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a court-ordered injunction briefly delayed the signing, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

Britain on Thursday agreed to transfer sovereignty of the strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, resolving a long-standing colonial-era dispute. The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government said ensures the future ...

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British control. This controversial deal allows the UK and US to retain joint use of the Diego ...

The Prime Minister last month signed an agreement to cede sovereignty of the stretegically-important Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius. The deal will see the UK lease back a military base on ...

The Chagos Islands have been the subject of a long-running legal dispute between the UK and Mauritius (Yui Mok/PA) Former residents of the Chagos Islands were consulted on the deal to hand over ...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is home to a ...

The island of Mauritius seems to have it all. Pristine beaches, sunshine in abundance, and the best governance in Africa. That’s according to the latest iteration of the Ibrahim Index of African ...

Under the agreement, the UK will pay Mauritius €120 million each year to lease back their military base for at least 99 years. The United Kingdom has signed an agreement handing over control of ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K. military base that ...