Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction was overturned, securing itself a lease for the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia air base ...

LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, overturning a block that was imposed hours ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

The deal will transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the UK to Mauritius — though Britain will retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts a ...

Britain’s government has acknowledged that its removal of islanders was wrong, and has granted many citizenship and set aside some funds to improve their lives. But it continues to bar Chagossians ...

"We will never gamble with national security." Image: Aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. Pic: AP The deal means the UK will lease the base from the Mauritian government over ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

The Chagos Islands are home to Diego Garcia, one of world's most secretive places and home to an important U.S. military base.

The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago ...

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius LONDON -- Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace.