Prime Minister Starmer hands over the Chagos Islands to its former colony, Mauritius. Detail of an illustration featuring the ...

The UK has agreed to return the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius. This marks the culmination of decades-long negotiations and efforts to decolonize the archipelago.

Boris Johnson voices concerns about Keir Starmer's decision to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The move ...

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Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain ...

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Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.

Britain announced on Thursday, the 3rd of October, that it would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a ...

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LONDON (AP) -- The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to ...