The Chagos Archipelago was separated from Mauritius in 1965, when Mauritius was still a British colony. Britain purchased the ...

Diego Garcia, an atoll and one of the largest of the 52 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is geographically part of the Chagos Archipelago -- a British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which is ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalising a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed UK territory that is home to a major US military base, the UK government said Tuesday.

In a tatty office in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, Olivier Bancoult points to the tricolour flag on the wall. It is that of the Chagos Islands, the largest of which, Diego Garcia ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base LONDON -- Britain and Mauritius are ...

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Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base.

MPs have slammed Labour’s “disregard” for the environmental consequences of their Chagos Islands surrender. Minister Baroness Chapman confirmed that there has been an agreement with the ...