UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB1 day ago · The government of Mauritius has long argued that it was illegally forced to give the Chagos Islands away in return for its own independence from the UK in 1968.
U.K. to Return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era …
WEB23 hours ago · Britain said on Thursday that it would hand over the Chagos Islands, a necklace of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, ending lengthy, sometimes contentious negotiations that ...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBA handful of Chagos islanders, who’d been forced to abandon their homes in the late 1960s and early 70s, repeatedly took the British government to court.
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB1 day ago · The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a military base used by the UK and the US that plays a crucial role in the region's stability and international security. Under the agreement, the base will remain under UK and US jurisdiction for at least the next 99 years.
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · The United Kingdom has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will secure the future of a key US military base on the atoll of Diego Garcia while...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEB23 hours ago · 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 that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base.
UK hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in ... - ABC News
WEB23 hours ago · The U.K. has agreed 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 secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base at Diego Garcia.
Mauritius reaches sovereignty deal with Britain over Chagos …
WEB19 hours ago · LONDON — The British government on Thursday announced it would cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement that ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African...
UK hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal
WEB23 hours ago · LONDON — The U.K. has agreed 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 secure the future...