Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...

Mauritius is pushing the UK for sovereignty over the Chagos Islands and billions of dollars, but the US could scupper its plans, reports Seán Carey.

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.

Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...

Debate The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on ...

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is rubber-stamped, peers said.

Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to give away the Chagos Islands is facing a fresh legal challenge. Campaigners have launched a High Court judicial review, which aims to stop the Government from signing ...

In 2017 China abstained on a UN General Assembly vote which asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an advisory opinion on the dispute between the UK and Mauritius. This ICJ opinion ...

Britain took control of Mauritius from 1810 when it was seized from the French. Between 1814 and 1965 the Chagos Archipelago was administered by the UK as a dependency of the Mauritius colony.

LONDON — Britain must address the potential threat from China when its Indian Ocean deal with Mauritius regarding the Chagos group of islands expires, senior British lawmakers have warned Foreign ...

Read our privacy notice. The Chagos Islands deal is “not perfect” but must be ratified to avoid legal challenges that could threaten UK control of a vital military airbase, peers have said.