Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB1 day ago — In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it leased to the United States in 1966.
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to …
WEB1 day 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. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB1 day ago — Mauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of ...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBMauritius will be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of 99 ...
Mauritius reaches sovereignty deal with Britain over Chagos …
WEB1 day ago — Mauritius has argued that it was forced to give away the islands in return for its own independence from Britain in 1968. ... which leased Diego Garcia for the construction of a military base that ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB1 day ago — Since 1971, only Diego Garcia has been allowed inhabitants - US military employees - after the UK expelled the Chagossians at the request of the US. Some moved to Mauritius and some have lived in ...
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
WEB1 day ago — The UK has agreed to give up sovereignty of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, in return for securing the future of a UK-US military base situated on Diego Garcia. The deal over ...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB1 day ago — Under Thursday’s agreement, the UK will still retain control of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, said the UK government had secured the future of the military base “as well as guaranteeing our long-term relationship with Mauritius, a close Commonwealth partner”.
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024
WEB1 day ago — Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as ...
Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of …
WEB1 day ago — The security of the Diego Garcia military base was further complicated by the fact that more than 60 Tamil refugees, hoping to reach Canada after setting sail in a boat from southern India, have ...