First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing ...

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

There’s no doubt that the bloody chessboard of the Middle East has, yet again, been thrown in the air. As more US attacks ...

Coverage of the Foreign Affairs select committee session on the Chagos Islands agreement, with evidence from foreign office ...

In 2017 China abstained on a UN General Assembly vote which asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an ...

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people. The deal, signed last month, handed ...

The Defence Secretary was asked about the upsides of ‘giving away’ the Indian Ocean archipelago as he spoke at a conference ...

The Chagos Islands are located in the Indian Ocean about 5,799 miles (9,332km) south-east of the UK, and about 1,250 miles north-east of Mauritius.