The deal to cede sovereignty over the archipelago to the Mauritian government secures the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia ...

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has played down criticism from the new Mauritian prime minister and the incoming Trump ...

The new prime minister of Mauritius has said he has reservations about a deal struck by his predecessor with the UK ...

Exclusive: The row deepens as Keir Starmer’s envoy flies into Mauritius today to hold talks with their prime minister about ...

Sir Michael Ellis, the former attorney general, warns China could build its own competing military facility near Diego Garcia ...

For decades, the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago - officially the British Indian Ocean Territory - has been a contentious issue, with Mauritius insisting that the islands are an integral ...

Mauritius and the United Kingdom released a joint statement on 3 October 2024 announcing the UK’s agreement to transfer the Chagos archipelago, including the island of Diego Garcia, back to ...

Donald Trump’s team are seeking assurances that the controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius will not be completed before his inauguration in January. There are also ...

Britain is confident its plan to secure the future of a U.S.-British military base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia ...

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 ...