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

The deal signed last month after long-running negotiations returns sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius, but will see Britain lease back the military site on Diego Garcia, the largest of the ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming last-minute legal hurdles.

The consultancy says Mauritius offers investors a “stable bridge between Africa and Asia”. Britain is criticised for ...

Sir Keir Starmer defends the UK's £3.4bn Chagos islands deal after Kemi Badenoch says it is bad value for money.

Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's influence ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia. LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the ...

The deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain will retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts a ...

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