United Kingdom reaches deal to cede Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius …
WEBThe U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of Mauritius, thus surrendering the final colony of Britain's once-sprawling ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB1 day 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 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 ...
Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
WEB18 hours 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 gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
WEB1 day 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 …
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB1 day 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 ...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB1 day 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, …
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB1 day 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 agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB1 day ago — The joint statement issued by the UK and Mauritius on Thursday stated that Mauritius “will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB1 day 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 ...