After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. David Vine This ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

The Chagos Islands look like the kind of blue ocean paradise destinations advertised in travel magazines. Otherwise known as Chagossian Archipelago, it is made up of no less than 60 exquisite ...

‘Tug of war’: Chagos Islands deal tearing families apart in Mauritius. ... From then on, the two causes of Mauritian sovereignty over Chagos and the Chagossian struggle for justice were twinned.

Chagossians, backed by allies in Mauritius and beyond, are continuing their struggle for the right to return to Diego Garcia, for the reconstruction of Chagossian society in Chagos, and for full ...

In 1965, the U.K. split the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius, an island nation off the southeastern African coast, before forcibly expelling Chagossians from their homes to allow for the construction ...

In particular, Mauritius, in its struggle to return Chagos to its control, needs to ensure that all Chagossians, whatever their citizenship, can return. Discrimination and Racism by UK Officials.

May 22 (UPI) --The British government signed-off Thursday on ceding the Chagos Islands back over to Mauritius after a last-minute court ruling delayed the transfer of international territory."The ...

The Chagos Islands football team are trying to keep the story of their ancestors alive, 6,000 miles from their disputed homeland.

The Chagos Islands football team are trying to keep the story of their ancestors alive, ... To begin with, she says it was a struggle getting enough players to attend training, ...