The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

Under the proposed treaty, Mauritius would be handed sovereignty of the archipelago. The entire population of the Chagos islands were forcibly removed by the United Kingdom between 1968 and 1973 ...

Before Mauritius Islands became independent in 1968, the UK separated the Chagos archipelago, and later leased the main island Diego Garcia to the United States which established a military base.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...