The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius. But it effectively blocks ...

That said, the decision to pay Mauritius to take over the Chagos Islands has me stumped. There must be good reasons for doing this deal, but nobody has been able to explain what they are.

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...

Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the ... service members and Filipino staffers. She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized ...

Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the Chagos remained under British control ... She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized, but found her village ...

Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the ... service members and Filipino staffers. She visited the church where her parents were married and where she was baptized ...

Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands. She didn’t get a chance to return until she was a grandmother, and ...