After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. David Vine This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important ...

Mr Tuckwell said many of the Chagossian arrivals have children, and the council had a legal responsibility to find temporary ...

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

In total, the authority said it has cost more than a staggering £508,000 between July 2024 and March 2025. Due to more ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.

LONDON (AP) — The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean that's ...

The Chagos Islands, an archipelago of 58 islands in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, were given to Britain by France in 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars.

Mauritius gained independence in 1968, but the Chagos remained under British control and were named the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Where are Chagos Islands? The Chagos Islands are a remote group of over 60 islands located in the central Indian Ocean, south of the Maldives and off India's southern coast.

Chagos archipelago is a strategic point in the Indian Ocean between Africa and India, which is why it is a useful spot for nations seeking regional influence.

Britain split the Chagos Islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean ...