Mauritius is pushing the UK for sovereignty over the Chagos Islands and billions of dollars, but the US could scupper its plans, reports Seán Carey.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina will meet in Paris on Monday to discuss the ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut off food and medical supplies to the islands. Finally, they deported the ...

Analysis - The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.

Britain retained control of the Chagos Islands after Mauritius gained independence in the 1960s — evicting thousands of Chagos islanders to allow the U.S. to build the strategic military base.

UK signs deal to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius while retaining joint US-UK control of Diego Garcia for £101 million annually.

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 ...

Deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the UK to Mauritius This satellite image released and taken on April 2, 2025 by Planet Labs PBC shows six American B-2 bomber planes on ...

The UK has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of British administration. The deal includes a £101 million annual payment to lease the base for 99 ...

What are the Chagos Islands? The remote chain of more than 60 islands is located in the middle of the Indian Ocean off the tip of India, south of the Maldives. The Chagos Islands have been under ...

Negotiations on handing the islands to Mauritius began in 2022 under the U.K.'s previous Conservative government and resumed after Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party was elected in July.

Negotiations on handing the islands to Mauritius began in 2022 under the U.K.'s previous Conservative government and resumed after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party was elected in July.