The governments of Britain and Mauritius have signed a deal settling the future of the Chagos Islands after overcoming ...

Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction ...

A ceremony transferring sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius was called off ...

The Chagos Islands are home to Diego Garcia, one of world's most secretive places and home to an important U.S. military base ...

The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge ...

Document - Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory--specifically, the ...

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

Under the proposed treaty, Mauritius would be handed sovereignty of the archipelago. The entire population of the Chagos islands were forcibly removed by the United Kingdom between 1968 and 1973 ...

Before Mauritius Islands became independent in 1968, the UK separated the Chagos archipelago, and later leased the main island Diego Garcia to the United States which established a military base.

The injunction was the latest legal challenge to the deal brought by members of the Chagossian diaspora who were forcibly ...