U.K. Returns Chagos Islands to Mauritius, U.S. Keeps Diego Garcia ...
WEB1 day ago · The Chagos Archipelago contains Diego Garcia, the largest of 58 islands and home to a joint U.K.-U.S. military base strategically positioned about halfway between East Africa and Southeast Asia.
UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands criticised over lack of say for ...
WEB6 days ago · People with roots in the Chagos Islands have criticised what they called their "exclusion" from negotiations leading to the UK government's deal to give up its sovereignty of the region.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB6 days ago · The government of Mauritius has long argued that it was illegally forced to give the Chagos Islands away in return for its own independence from the UK in 1968.
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB6 days ago · The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African...
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB6 days ago · LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia...
Chagos Islands: Britain agrees sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB6 days ago · Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB6 days ago · The Chagos Islands had been home to the Chagossians from the 1700s, brought as slaves from Africa and India by the French. The islands had been a dependency of Mauritius when it was a French ...
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024 - GOV.UK
WEB6 days ago · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as...
Chagos Islands: Crawley Chagossians' concerns as UK hands over …
WEBPeople from the Chagos Islands have been voicing their concerns over news the UK is giving up sovereignty and handing over the land to Mauritius. The joint statement made by the UK and...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB6 days ago · Britain’s control of the Chagos Islands, which dates back to the colonial era, has come under increased criticism in recent years, with a series of unfavorable court rulings and mounting...