UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB3 days ago · For decades, the tiny island nation of Mauritius struggled to win any serious international support on the issue. A handful of Chagos islanders, who’d been forced to abandon their homes in the...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBGetty Images. The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century. The deal – reached ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB3 days ago · Oct. 3, 2024, 6:54 a.m. ET. Britain said on Thursday that it would hand over the Chagos Islands, a necklace of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, ending lengthy, sometimes ...
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Occasion of an …
WEB3 days ago · I applaud the historic agreement and conclusion of the negotiations between the Republic of Mauritius and the United Kingdom on the status of the Chagos Archipelago.
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
WEB3 days ago · LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Thursday it agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base there.
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB3 days ago · In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it leased to the United States in 1966.
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB3 days ago · LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024
WEB3 days ago · The Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland today confirm that they have reached an historic political...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB3 days ago · The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African colony.
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB3 days ago · The United Kingdom has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will secure the future of a key US military base on the atoll of Diego Garcia while...