Decades of dispute over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, rooted in colonial history and international legal challenges, have been addressed after the United Kingdom agreed to transfer ...

Britain would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius. It ends one of the most enduring – and contested – legacies of its colonial era.

The UK has signed a long-awaited deal to hand control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It means Britain will give up sovereignty of the Indian Ocean territory and lease back the vital UK-US ...

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.

The United Kingdom has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, following a High Court ruling that has cleared the way for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to formalise the ...

After years of fighting for the right to go home, Dugasse and other displaced islanders watched in despair Thursday as the U.K. government announced it was formally transferring the Chagos Islands ...

Chagossian Bernadette Dugasse looks at a Chagos Islands map during an interview with The Associated Press, at her home in London, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) 31,039 people ...

LONDON, KOMPAS.com - Pemerintah Inggris menyerahkan wilayah kekuasaannya di Kepulauan Chagos kepada Mauritius. Sebagai gantinya, Inggris menyewa Pulau Diego Garcia dengan kontrak 99 tahun dan membayar ...

A high court judge's order has blocked the UK government's plan to hand over the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The UK government has been banned from handing over the disputed Chagos Island to ...