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

Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago. In a joint statement ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home ... He was born on Peros Banhos, one of only three of the archipelago's 55 islands inhabited when Britain began expelling people.

If Britain wants to remain a reliable partner in our security alliance, it must be willing to defend its sovereignty. As much ...

Britain's surrender of the Chagos Islands hung in the balance last ... intervene to protect an Anglo-American military base on the archipelago. But in an extraordinary twist last night, just ...

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the White House they may have to wait a little longer. Late last year ...

But both accept they must also get the approval of the United States, which operates a military base on the largest of the Chagos islands ... of only three of the archipelago's 55 islands ...

Chagos islanders still dream of returning home five decades after being expelled by Britain, but with Donald Trump in the ...