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

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming last-minute legal hurdles ...

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, overturning a block that was imposed hours ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air base ...

Story so far: Mauritius won a strategic victory on May 22, 2025, when the United Kingdom (U.K.) officially handed over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands after finalising the political treaty ...

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

"Keir Starmer has secured his legacy," said The Daily Telegraph: his "shameful surrender of the Chagos Islands will go down ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested ...

A High Court judge has temporarily blocked Sir Keir Starmer from handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The Prime Minister was set to attend a “virtual signing ceremony” with representatives ...

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