As part of the £90 million a year expected to be paid to Mauritius to keep control of the base, Sir Keir has promised a ...

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 ...

The third argument critics of the deal make is to look askance at the absence of Chagossians from the negotiation. This claim ignores the fact that ministers have engaged Chagossian groups in the UK, ...

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 ...

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

The US has made a last-ditch intervention on the future of the Chagos Islands, demanding a seat at the negotiating table ...

Xue Hanqin, a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) who ruled against the United Kingdom in the Chagos Islands ...

President Trump's intervention could see further delays after the UK and Mauritius reached a deal on the territory, pending ...

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

President Trump must intervene to prevent this handover, which would damage U.S. national security and ultimately play into China's hands.

1. The Chagos Archipelago, comprising around 58 islands, is located approximately 500 kilometers south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. These islands remained uninhabited until the late 18th ...