UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBMauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of ...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB2 days ago · Before granting independence to Mauritius in 1968, Britain was found to have unlawfully separated it to form a new colony on the Chagos archipelago named the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The UK had initially dismissed UN rulings and court judgements demanding it return the islands to Mauritius, …
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB3 days ago · In the 1960s, Britain granted Mauritius independence but carved out the Chagos Islands and evicted more than 1,000 inhabitants whose ancestors were taken there by the French as slaves from Africa ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB3 days ago · Mauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
WEB3 days ago · The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K. ... accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and …
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB3 days ago · LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024
WEB3 days ago · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as ...
Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
WEB2 days ago · According to the terms of the deal, Mauritius is “free” to legally resettle the islands of the Chagos, excluding Diego Garcia, the largest and most southerly island, home to a US military base ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB3 days ago · The UK will hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute. The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical atoll ...
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
WEB3 days ago · The UK has agreed to give up sovereignty of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius in return for securing the future of a UK-US military base situated on Diego Garcia.