UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB21 hours 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 ...
U.K. to Return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era …
WEB20 hours ago · Oct. 3, 2024, 6:54 a.m. ET. Britain said on Thursday that it would hand over the Chagos Islands, a necklace of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, ending lengthy, sometimes ...
UK hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a …
WEB20 hours ago · 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 that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the ...
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB20 hours ago · In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it leased to the United States in 1966.
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB21 hours ago · A statement from the Mauritian and UK governments said Mauritius is now "free to implement a programme of resettlement" on the islands, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will provide money and ...
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
WEB19 hours ago · The deal over the British Indian Ocean Territory, also known as the Chagos islands, will give the UK an initial 99-year lease over Diego Garcia in return for accepting Mauritian sovereignty.
Mauritius reaches sovereignty deal with Britain over Chagos Islands ...
WEB16 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
WEB21 hours 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 ...
UK hands over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal
WEB20 hours ago · By Associated Press. October 3, 2024 at 6:42 a.m. EDT. LONDON — The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to …
WEB1 day ago · Mauritius, which lies east of Madagascar in southern Africa, is around 2,100 kilometers (1,250 miles) southwest of the Chagos Islands. The U.S. Navy base at Diego Garcia was built in the 1970s and ...