Last Thursday, Vanessa Calou got a phone call from a number in Mauritius. “They said, ‘I think Mauritius got Chagos’, and I ...

The archipelago was acquired in the 1960s and a US military base established by displacing the indigenous population to ...

An Argentine regional minister has sparked controversy by claiming his region could become independent, raising fears that it ...

In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 (when Mauritius gained independence), the UK expelled Chagossians from the ...

In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...

Andrew Griffith, the Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs, raised his concerns in the House of Commons on the ...

The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.

After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony. The remote ...

In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...

Islanders who had to leave their distant Indian Ocean home for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the ...

Labour faced heavy criticism from figures on the right over the decision, which will see Mauritius take control of the former ...

The U.N. General Assembly followed that opinion with a resolution demanding that Britain end its "colonial administration" of ...