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The surrender of Chagos to Mauritius should not surprise anyone. No matter the political hue of those that govern us, Labour ...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed a contentious deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...
The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British administration. The ...
The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...
The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.
Approval from the White House was necessary to broker the deal due to U.S. military cooperation with the U.K. at the joint Diego Garcia base on the archipelago’s largest island. The Chagos ...
Mauritius has been intent on reclaiming Chagos for decades ... rent for Diego Garcia and opportunities to build hotels on the archipelago – but many noted he made no mention of Chagossians.
Since the 1970s, the UK and the United States have jointly operated the Diego Garcia military base on the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, making the possibility of Mauritian sovereignty ...
We will work with Mauritius to start a new programme of visits for Chagossians to the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. And Mauritius will be free to develop a programme of resettlement ...