Exclusive: A group representing indigenous Chagossians are gearing up to challenge the government’s controversial deal to ...

The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – but the UK government has ...

The Labour Party, in its left-wing zeal for anti-imperialism, is ironically pushing us into the hands of a nation far less tolerant that the UK or US.

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...

A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson said the government was confident it had reached an agreement which respected the interests of the Chagossian people. The spokesperson ...

Exclusive: Foreign secretary has been criticised by one of his own MPs as the controversial deal looks to be on the brink of ...

David Lammy is under mounting pressure over the government’s Chagos deal after he was sent a legal letter accusing him of ...

It's about our people,” said Frankie Bontemps, chair of Chagossian Voices - a community platform for the islands’ global diaspora. “For the last 50 years, the Chagossian people have been ...

Now, The Independent understands that Chagossian Voices, a group representing people who originate from the Chagos Islands, has sought legal advice and is willing to take the government to court ...

A group of indigenous Chagossian people have instructed lawyers to challenge the controversial Chagos deal, in yet another blow to the government’s beleaguered agreement. It comes as the deal ...