Representatives from the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago. In a joint statement ...

Note: This is part three of a three-part series on the proposed handover of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius. Part one — Why the Proposed UK-Mauritius Handover Would Be a Strategic Blow ...

We will work with Mauritius to start a new programme of visits for Chagossians to the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia. And Mauritius will be free to develop a programme of resettlement ...

The UK split the 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 Territory.

Britain's surrender of the Chagos Islands hung in the balance last ... intervene to protect an Anglo-American military base on the archipelago. But in an extraordinary twist last night, just ...

The Chagos islanders were expelled from the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is known as British Indian Ocean Territory, by the UK between 1967 and 1973 at the request of the US, which had leased ...

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease -- an agreement that needs to be ratified.

Britain split the 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 Territory.

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.