The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

MAURITIAN Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Thursday welcomed the signing of a "historical" agreement concerning the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, seeing it as a "great victory" for the country.

The agreement puts an end to decades of litigation and helps Britain retain access to Diego Garcia, home to a joint U.S.-U.K.

Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands. She didn’t get ...

Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K. military base that is ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands ...

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British administration. The ...

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

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...

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