Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

Members of the House of Lords stress that renewal of the deal in 99 years will depend on the goodwill of the then-government ...

The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and ...

China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China ...

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 ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.

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 ...

286. Once seen as a relic of colonialism, the Chagos Archipelago with Diego Garcia has evolved into a flashpoint in global strategic competition. Decades of dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the ...

The Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, chaired today a meeting on the visit to be undertaken by a high-level delegation to the Chagos Archipelago, following the ...

He added that it was "total recognition of our sovereignty on the Chagos, including Diego Garcia.” In 1965, the U.K. split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius, an island nation off the southeastern ...

A year later, on March 12, 1968, Mauritius gained freedom from the British and U.K paid a £3 million grant in recognition of the detachment of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and amongst ...