UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase
By Alistair Smout, Michael Holden and Villen Anganan LONDON/PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday it would cede ...
UK Cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Keeps Control of Diego Garcia Military Base
Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, while keeping control of ...
A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out
The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US ...
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Despite hold on Diego Garcia, UK’s move to return Chago Islands sparks security concerns
The UK said that “without” the new agreement signed today, “the long-term, secure operation of the [Diego Garcia] military base would be under threat, with contested sovereignty and legal challenges — ...
UK to hand sovereignty of Chagos Islands, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius
The UK agreed to transfer the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius after 99 years. The initial period allows the UK to manage ...
U.K. returns sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after long dispute
The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly ...
UK to return its last African colony to Mauritius ending years of dispute
The deal follows years of negotiations over the future of the Chagos Islands, one of which is home to a crucial joint UK and ...
U.S. praises U.K. deal to cede archipelago to Mauritius, retain control of military base
The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of ...
UK gives sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key US base remains
In a statement Thursday, the British government said the agreement is strongly supported by international partners including ...
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base
The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...
Labour is putting the jewel of our strategic crown in the Indian Ocean at risk
Three months in and Labour are already leaving us weaker and opening the door to our rivals. Keir Starmer’s legalism, not ...