London (AFP) – Britain's government insisted Thursday that it must hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... recommended that Britain hand the archipelago to Mauritius after decades of ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is back in the spotlight. What is the history of these islands, and why are ...

But both accept they must also get the approval of the United States, which operates a military base on the largest of the Chagos islands ... of only three of the archipelago's 55 islands ...

Since the 1970s, the UK and the United States have jointly operated the Diego Garcia military base on the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, making the possibility of Mauritian sovereignty ...

And all the while, expelled Chagossians say they are being sidelined. The U.K. agreed last October to hand Mauritius sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, made up of more than 60 islands in the ...

Britain's government insisted Thursday that it must hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure continued access to satellite communications at a key US-UK military base. The Labour ...

In 2019, the International Court of Justice ruled that Britain's separation of Chagos from Mauritius was illegal, and the UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution, giving London six months ...