The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the Chagos archipelago (and the massive US base on Diego Garcia island ...

T he United Kingdom has finalized a historic £3.4 billion agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The deal allows the UK to secure a 99-year lease a ...

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" ...

Mauritian PM Navin Ramgoolam announced on Wednesday that nearly £500 million in payments under the terms of the deal to gain ...

In a statement on Tuesday the UN experts said: “By maintaining a foreign military presence of the United Kingdom and the ... people to return to all islands of the Chagos Archipelago, including ...

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

“Our relationship with the United Kingdom is one we have chosen freely ... and vastly different from that of the Chagos Islands,” the Assembly emphasized.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands ... and the interests of the United Kingdom would be ...