The United Kingdom has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, following a High Court ruling that has cleared the way for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to formalise the ...

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 UK has signed a 99-year agreement with Mauritius to retain operational control of the Diego Garcia base, a key UK-US ...

Bernadette Dugasse, displaced from her birthplace on the Chagos Islands as a toddler, struggles with the injustice faced by ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

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

The Chagos Islands are home to Diego Garcia, one of world's most secretive places and home to an important U.S. military base ...

Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the Chagos Island base for at least 99 years.

LONDON (AP) — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the ...

Some Chagos Islands-born protesters said the deal jeopardizes the limited the rights they have to visit the islands, including to tend the graves of relatives.