The Prime Minister, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, expressed, yesterday, his confidence that there would be a positive resolution over the agreement between Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the ...

There has been scepticism about the proposed deal among allies of Mr Trump, including secretary of state Marco Rubio, but the ...

Mauritius has been intent on reclaiming Chagos for decades ... rent for Diego Garcia and opportunities to build hotels on the archipelago – but many noted he made no mention of Chagossians.

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

Under the terms of this treaty the United Kingdom will agree that Mauritius is sovereign over the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. For an initial period of 99 years, the United Kingdom ...

In a home still under construction on the steep outskirts of the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, the large crowd wearing ...

Once Mauritius takes control of the Chagos Islands ... Allowing China to establish even a minimal footprint in the Chagos archipelago would dramatically shift the balance of power in the region ...

The Labour government’s decision last week to hand sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius prompted fierce criticism from the Conservatives and concerns about the future of the UK's ...

In addition, as the then prime minister Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam later pointed out, Mauritius had little interest in retaining the islands. The Chagos archipelago, he said, was “a portion of our ...

In 1814, under the Treaty of Paris, France ceded Mauritius—including the Chagos Archipelago—to the British. 2. Britain detached the Chagos Islands in 1965 from Mauritius — a former colony that became ...