A judge has issued an order to temporarily block the deportation of four Chagossians who travelled to the Chagos Islands to protest against a deal to hand over the territory to Mauritius. The ...
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It was hardly a ringing endorsement of the deal. But it could have been a lot worse. And after the week Sir Keir Starmer has just been through, Donald Trump's grudging support for the controversial ...
On May 22, the United Kingdom signed an agreement with Mauritius that would transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. For my people, the Chagossians, the decision was taken without our consent ...
US President Donald Trump has said the UK should "not give away Diego Garcia" in his latest criticism of a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base. His ...
New Delhi: It is a question of “days”, if not a few “weeks”, before the Chagos archipelago is handed over to Mauritius, said Dhananjay Ritish Ramful, Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional ...
India, Jan. 25 -- The implementation of the UK-Mauritius treaty over the Chagos archipelago entered a state of high-stakes political uncertainty in January 2026. Following sharp criticism from US ...