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

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...

The Chagos Archipelago became a British territory in 1814. In 1965, the U.K. formally separated the islands from its then-colony Mauritius, before Mauritius gained independence three years later.

Chagos deal sparks uproar as the U.K. pays 30 billion pounds to Mauritius, loses critical territory and gives way to China's ...

Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...

Mauritius Prime Minister Dr Navin Ramgoolam has hailed the deal over the Chagos archipelago as a "great victory for the Mauritian nation", saying that 60 years after independence, ...

In 2017 China abstained on a UN General Assembly vote which asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to deliver an ...

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.

The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on Diego ...

"This is not just a victory, but a clear recognition of our legitimate right on the Chagos archipelago," he said. "After years of fighting and negotiations, Mauritius is finally being listened to ...