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

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 ...

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 ...

Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago, political map. British Indian Ocean Territory, BIOT, and the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.

However, the Chagossian people’s identity and resettlement remain unresolved. The Chagos Archipelago is an integral part of Mauritius, an island nation in East Africa. Three years before the country ...

The news came in late May when the British government signed a historic treaty with Mauritius giving up Britain’s last African colony, the Chagos Islands, and allow the exiled Chagossian people to ...

John Healey has robustly defended the UK’s Chagos Islands deal, insisting the agreement needed to be struck to defend Britain’s interests as he appeared at a military conference.

A £40 million fund has also been established for the Chagossians, who were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for the Diego Garcia base and have not been allowed to return.

John Healey has robustly defended the UK’s Chagos Islands deal, insisting the agreement needed to be struck to defend Britain’s interests as he appeared at a military conference.