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 gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
WEB1 day 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 to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base. British Foreign Secretary David …
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB17 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 …
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 ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB1 day 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 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 ...
Chagos Islands: Britain agrees sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB1 day ago · U.S. Navy/Reuters. Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB1 day ago · The Chagos Islands had been home to the Chagossians from the 1700s, brought as slaves from Africa and India by the French. The islands had been a dependency of Mauritius when it was a French ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The ... - ABC News
WEB1 day ago · October 3, 2024, 3:42 AM. 1:13. 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 Ocean, to Mauritius, in ...
UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius to secure military base
WEB1 day 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. The deal over ...