In a home still under construction on the steep outskirts of the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, the large crowd wearing ...

Chagossians were already on the islands when the British took over in ... and fractured identities, leaving scars that persist to this day. While the UK government’s recent decision to grant ...

Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island ...

The islands have been shrouded in secrecy ever since Chagossians were forced to leave, in what has been considered the most shameful part of modern colonial British history. This includes the ...

“If Mauritius is not smart about this, it is going to inherit a bunch of islands ... Chagossians and their descendants – belatedly granted in 2022. Lefade says two groups totalling 100 will ...

The deal also includes a trust fund for Chagossians, who could in theory return to some of the outer islands. But they'd be ruled by Mauritius, which has recently passed a law banning anyone from ...

The UK has given up a top secret island to Mauritius after years of arguments and negotiations. The Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean has been strictly out of bounds since 1973 when the UK and US ...

Peter Lamb, the MP for Crawley – where thousands of Chagossians moved in the 1960s – says the plan is unfair on its residents A Labour MP has broken ranks to say the Chagos Islands deal is one ...

Chagossians’ are people who were born on BIOT (the Chagos Islands) and their descendants. Between 1968 and 1973 the UK government removed people from BIOT and relocated them to Mauritius and ...

“We recognise the importance of the islands to Chagossians and have worked to ensure this agreement reflects their interests. The UK government, under both the previous and current ...