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

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.

The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...

Allowing China to establish even a minimal footprint in the Chagos archipelago would dramatically shift the balance of power in the region and weaken U.S. deterrence. Trump must make it clear to ...

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 ...

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

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 ...