UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEBFor decades, the tiny island nation of Mauritius struggled to win any serious international support on the issue. A handful of Chagos islanders, who’d been forced to abandon …
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB1 day ago · LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...
UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands criticised over lack of say for ...
WEB2 days ago · UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius One of the largest islands on the tropical atoll, Diego Garcia, will remain a joint US-UK military base and is expected to remain so for 99 ...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBMauritius 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 ...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony. The agreement follows 13 rounds of talks that began in 2022 after Mauritian calls for sovereignty were recognised by the International Court of ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB1 day ago · Britain’s control of the Chagos Islands, which dates back to the colonial era, has come under increased criticism in recent years, with a series of unfavorable court rulings and mounting ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEBThe 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, ... The …
Chagos Islands: Britain agrees sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEBBritain 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 London …
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEBThe Chagos Islands had been home to the Chagossians from the 1700s, brought as slaves from Africa and India by the French. The islands had been a dependency of …
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.