In a home still under construction on the steep outskirts of the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, the large crowd wearing ...

Amidst the backdrop of a contentious deal between Mauritius and the UK regarding the future of the Chagos Islands, revelations have emerged of US intervention in the ongoing negotiations. The Mauritia ...

The Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, expressed, yesterday, his confidence that there would be a positive resolution over the agreement between Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the ...

The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...

Sir Keir Starmer clashed with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over the deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor and it is yet to be ratified.

The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

The agreement to hand over the Chagos Archipelago and lease back the strategically vital UK-US military base on Diego Garcia has run into difficulties (Alamy/PA) The UK has been negotiating a deal ...

The agreement to hand over the Chagos Archipelago and lease back the strategically vital UK-US military base on Diego Garcia has run into difficulties (Alamy/PA) The UK has been negotiating a deal ...