The agreement between the United Kingdom and Mauritius to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, while retaining a ...

The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the Chagos archipelago (and the massive US base on Diego Garcia island) to ...

May 22 (UPI) --The British government signed-off Thursday on ceding the Chagos Islands back over to Mauritius after a last-minute court ruling delayed the transfer of international territory.

The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814, when they were ceded by France. The archipelago is best known for the military base on Diego Garcia, ...

The Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia. Fatima Al-Kassab | Posted on May 22, 2025, 5:53 PM. Share. Facebook. Twitter/X.

By 1965, they had convinced the British to violate international law by separating the Chagos Islands from the rest of its colony of Mauritius to create the “British Indian Ocean Territory.” ...

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.

LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...