The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction ...

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

Document - Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory--specifically, the ...

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge ...

The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

Under the proposed treaty, Mauritius would be handed sovereignty of the archipelago. The entire population of the Chagos islands were forcibly removed by the United Kingdom between 1968 and 1973 ...