LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically ...

UN says it welcomes the signing of the agreement between UK government and the government of the Republic of Mauritius ...

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Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a disputed U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base, the British government said Tuesday.

Mauritius has long claimed sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. It took the UK to the UN's International Court of Justice, which in 2019 found that the separation of islands from Mauritius was ...

By Mark Landler Reporting from London Britain said on Thursday that it would hand over the Chagos Islands ... over the archipelago to Mauritius. In 2019, the United Nations General Assembly ...

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 retains use of the UK ...

Mauritius's deputy prime minister has hinted that negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands are ... with various United Nations bodies - including its top court and general ...

The UK announced on Thursday that it will transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, now ruled as the British Indian Ocean Territory, to Mauritius after more than two centuries of control. A joint ...

Mauritius and the United Kingdom released a joint statement on 3 October 2024 announcing the UK’s agreement to transfer the Chagos archipelago, including the island of Diego Garcia, back to ...

Mauritius has long contested Britain’s claim to the archipelago and in recent years the United Nations and its top court have urged Britain to return the Chagos to Mauritius. Britain agreed to ...