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

Ricci map - detail from a China panel. All images via Wikipedia. In 1602, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming dynasty had a big ...

The Chagos Agreement is not only a diplomatic achievement, but also a “contractual transposition” of the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The Agreement acknowledges that the detachment ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country's premiers downplayed the importance of a looming Aug. 1 deadline in trade talks ...

After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world.

Britain was informed of the U.S. military strikes on Iran ahead of time, but did not receive any U.S. request for their shared Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean to be used, senior minister ...

Fact check: China has made only one public statement on Chagos Islands deal - Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

In May 2025, the UK signed an agreement transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while retaining control over Diego Garcia through a 99-year lease.

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign Office memo notoriously belittled the Chagossians as “a few Tarzans ...

Entire population evicted Dugasse was born on the Chagos Islands, which had been under the administration of Mauritius, a former British colony, until 1965, when Britain split them away from ...