UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB5 days ago · 3 October 2024. 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 –...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB4 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...
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024 - GOV.UK
WEB5 days ago · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB5 days ago · Britain’s control of the Chagos Islands, which dates back to the colonial era, has come under increased criticism in recent years, with a series of unfavorable court rulings and mounting...
Chagos Islands: Britain agrees sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB5 days ago · Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBA handful of Chagos islanders, who’d been forced to abandon their homes in the late 1960s and early 70s, repeatedly took the British government to court. But it was only recently that ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEB5 days ago · LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday 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 to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base.
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB5 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...
Chagos Islands: Crawley Chagossians' concerns as UK hands over …
WEBPeople from the Chagos Islands have been voicing their concerns over news the UK is giving up sovereignty and handing over the land to Mauritius. The joint statement made by the UK and...
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB5 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...