Mauritius awaits Trump’s approval for UK to hand over archipelago, with Chagossians at odds over what’s in it for them.

A British minister denied on Wednesday media reports that the government could end up paying billions of pounds more to ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The islands, located in the Indian Ocean ... the United Kingdom will agree that Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. Ed Miliband reveals why he's not ...

The UK is “mid-negotiation” on a revised deal to hand back the Chagos Islands, a minister has ... Garcia – the largest island in the Chagos archipelago – might be secured for only 50 ...

LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, ...

The UK has denied the cost of handing over the Chagos Islands could rise ... rulings on sovereignty over the archipelago mean the UK has to cede the islands to Mauritius. Mr Ramgoolam said the ...