Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...
Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...
The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...
Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...
After years of negotiations, the UK is giving up its sovereignty over a cluster of strategically important Indian Ocean ...
For years, Mauritius demanded the UK end its control on the Chagos Archipelago. Why was their ownership a matter of ...
In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on ...
The UK-Mauritius agreement over the Chagos Archipelago marks a significant step in decolonization, allowing Mauritius ...
The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed its support for the UK-Mauritius Chagos archipelago agreement and said that the pact marks a significant milestone in the decolonisation process of ...