After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. David Vine This ...

Located deep in the heart of the Indian Ocean, the Chagos Islands lie between Africa and Indonesia, about 500 km due south of The Maldives, directly in the path of the same swell lines that roar ...

The Chagos Islands pointed out on a map. Picture: Getty Many of the 4,000 strong Chagossian population have campaigned for it to come under the sovereignty of Mauritius, another island collective that ...

Fears over future of Falklands after Chagos Islands deal dubbed ‘strategic disaster’ Exclusive: A group of indigenous Chagossians are planning to stage a protest over the decision to hand the ...

Though small in land area, the island state claims a maritime zone spanning 2.3 million square km, roughly the same as the area of Africa's largest country, Algeria, and covering "important ...

Britain split the Chagos Islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean ...

Britain first took control of the Chagos Islands in 1814, after it gained authority over the group of islands from the French. In 1965, the UK split the Chagos Islands from Mauritius three years ...

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814, when they were ceded by France. The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, ... South Asia and East Africa.

The Chagos Islands are a strategically significant area, with one of its islands, Diego Garcia, serving as a key military base jointly operated by the UK and US. It monitors the Malacca Strait and ...