Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago
Diego Garcia: What 'Historic' UK Deal Means for US's Indian Ocean Base
Washington said the deal protected the long-term, secure and effective operation of the strategic military base.
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
The U.K. has 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 to secure the future of a strategically important U.
Chagossians ‘deplore’ deal allowing US-UK to keep Diego Garcia Air Base
Activists have decried a deal that the UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius with the exception of Diego Garcia.
UK-Mauritius treaty on Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia: What it means, why it matters for India
For years, Mauritius demanded the UK end its control on the Chagos Archipelago. Why was their ownership a matter of contention, and what are the interests of countries like the US and India here? We explain.
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 — including through various international courts and tribunals.
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 Diego Garcia while ensuring t
UK retain Diego Garcia military base, but concede sovereignty over islands
While the UK and US retain a key strategic military base in the Indian Ocean, the two governments remain apprehensive over the security of the island.
UK gives sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key US base remains
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.
UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but keeps key US military base
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna on Reuniting
Diego Garcia blame game deepens as Liz Truss hits out at Boris Johnson for island ‘surrender’
Exclusive: The blame game for who was responsible for the UK handing over the key Indian Ocean islands has now dragged in ...
Fears over future of Falklands after Chagos Islands deal dubbed ‘strategic disaster’
Exclusive: A group of indigenous Chagossians are planning to stage a protest over the decision to hand the archipelago over ...
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U.K. hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after long dispute
They include Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands and the site of the strategically positioned military base. Among the reasons for the long-running dispute over the archipelago is the ...
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A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out
The atoll of Diego Garcia — the largest of the Chagos Islands, and a relic of the UK’s colonial past — is home to the US Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, a military facility that was ...
The tiny British-owned tropical island where the UK is 'holding' asylum seekers
Asylum seekers have been held on a tiny British tropical island that has no permanent population for the last three years.
Chagos Islands: Starmer agrees to return UK’s last African colony to Mauritius despite US warnings
Mauritius, in a deal that secures the future of a strategically important UK-US military base there. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the agreement secures the vital military base at Diego ...
Is Britain about to relinquish the vestiges of its empire?
The agreement to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands has reawakened the debate about the Falklands. Sean O’Grady examines ...