The President of the Republic of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, said on Friday the island nation would hold a general ...

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...

The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy ...

The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly ...

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

The deal that’s been announced is a rare win-win moment in international relations, with all the relevant actors able to ...

The UK government has announced that it will transfer sovereignty of a remote cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean to ...

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis ...

F ew places in the world are quite so remote as the 60 or so islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago. Africa sits 3,000km to the west, Indonesia 3,000km to the east; the nearest large land mass is ...

The U.K. will maintain de facto control over Diego Garcia, and the crucial U.S. military facility there, for another 99 years ...

Mauritius is set to hold a general election on Nov. 10, as announced by President Prithvirajsing Roopun. Prime Minister ...

In a landmark pact, the UK recognizes Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, amid Indian ...