emphasising that the remote archipelago has never belonged to Mauritius, while stressing their “Britishness”. The Chagos Islands are officially known as the British Indian Overseas Territory ...

We will work with Mauritius to start a new programme of visits for Chagossians to the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. And Mauritius will be free to develop a programme of resettlement ...

Luquin. Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their long-running dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the central ...

More rests on the conclusion of this saga than the pride of the British government. On one of the 60-odd islands that constitute the Chagos archipelago resides the Diego Garcia military base: a joint ...

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Media reports have suggested Mauritius is attempting to lower the time the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest island in the Chagos archipelago - from 99 years to 50. A ...

Kin Cheung/AP “The discussions revolved around the conditions attached to the agreement between Great Britain and Mauritius on the Chagos Archipelago, particularly Diego Garcia. I explained to ...

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.

The UK split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, which it called the British Indian Ocean Territory, from its then-colony Mauritius in 1965 — three years before the archipelago gained independence.

“The commitment and resolve of Mauritius to reach an agreement and end this long battle for the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago remains unshaken.” The Mauritian prime ...