First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

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

Mauritius 'will use cash from Labour's Chagos Islands deal to scrap income tax for 81% of its population and help pay off its national debt' By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR MAILONLINE ...

Claims have circulated around international support for the Government’s deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands and its implications for the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia. The Prime ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

The Government has signed a deal which would see Britain give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a military base there (Thomas Krych/PA) PA Wire August Graham June 17 ...

Claims have circulated around international support for the Government’s deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands and its implications for the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia.

The Chagos Islands are located in the Indian Ocean about 5,799 miles (9,332km) south-east of the UK, and about 1,250 miles north-east of Mauritius.

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people. The deal, signed last month ...

In 1965, shortly before granting Mauritius independence, Britain separated the Chagos Islands, renaming them the British Indian Ocean Territory, and paying £3 million to Mauritius. The following ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the UK's £3.4bn deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.