Diego Garcia: What 'Historic' UK Deal Means for US's Indian
WEB2 hours ago · Diego Garcia, the largest in the Chagos group in the central Indian Ocean, is about 1,300 miles northeast of Mauritian capital Port Louis. For half a century, it has been a staging area for major ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEB1 day ago · Updated 8:05 PM PDT, October 3, 2024. LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday 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.-U.S. military base. British Foreign Secretary David ...
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia ...
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 ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB1 day ago · Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, is the site of a major military base used by Britain and the United States. Credit...
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 ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB1 day ago · The deal to transfer the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a military base used by the UK and the US that plays a crucial role in the ...
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 ...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB15 hours ago · 3 October 2024 UN Affairs. The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony. The agreement follows 13 rounds of talks that began in 2022 after Mauritian …
Mauritius reaches sovereignty deal with Britain over Chagos …
WEB20 hours ago · The Chagos Islands — also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory — are a cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean. They include Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands and the site of the ...
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · Fuel tanks at the edge of a military airstrip on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from the ...