Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.

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

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 rubber-stamped, ...

Between 1967 and 1973 the UK removed the population of the Chagos Archipelago. What has China said about the UK-Mauritius deal? On May 26 the new Chinese ambassador to Mauritius, ...

In 1965 the UK detached the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and several Islands from the Seychelles and created the new British Indian Ocean Territory.

A year later, on March 12, 1968, Mauritius gained freedom from the British and U.K paid a £3 million grant in recognition of the detachment of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius and amongst ...

The U.K. recognized the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos Archipelago in an agreement signed May 22.. While Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam praised the deal, it ...

Decades of dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, rooted in colonial history and international legal challenges, have been addressed after the United Kingdom agreed to transfer ...

The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military base jointly operated by the UK and US. It monitors the Malacca Strait and ...