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 ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

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

China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China ...

Analysis - The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.

A legal challenge demanding the UK Government consult Chagossians before transferring sovereignty of their homeland has ...

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. The UK purchased the islands for £3m in 1968 ...

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.

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.