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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The talks are being described as “a crucial working meeting” with “the objective of deepening the discussions and finalise the ends of the Anglo-Mauritian treaty on the Chagos Archipelago, as well as ...

The Independent has reported that president-elect Donald Trump has expressed a desire to object to the handover of the Chagos ...

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 ...