(Bloomberg) -- Mauritius’s new prime minister ordered an independent review of a deal with Britain involving a strategically important US-UK military base ... of the Chagos archipelago to ...

Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base. Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago, and in recent years ...

The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

"There are no trade exports from BIOT into the United States ... Archipelago, provided by the mapping service Earthstar Geographics. Inset, the island of Diego Garcia, which hosts the U.S ...

Firstpost Africa | N18G The UK has now confirmed that Trump has formally signed off on the proposed deal between the UK and Mauritius regarding the future of the Chagos Islands. It is now up to the UK ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing ... the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base. Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago and in recent years ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the U.K ...