A prospective deal on returning the Chagos islands to Mauritius will ensure the United States maintains its strategic military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, Mauritius's prime minister said ...

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.

“If the deal isn’t signed, we will continue our fight, which began in 1965, to ensure the Chagos archipelago regains Mauritian sovereignty,” he told Defimedia, in a warning to Sir Keir Starme ...

Under the deal Britain, which has controlled the region since 1814, would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - a ... to U.S. security by ceding the archipelago - with its base used by U.S ...

Media reports have suggested Mauritius is attempting to lower the time the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest island in the Chagos archipelago - from 99 years to 50. A ...

Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease.

Under the deal Britain, which has controlled the region since 1814, would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - a former colony ... has said the deal poses a threat to U.S. security by ceding the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign secretary David Lammy said it was right that the new U.S. administration has the chance to review a deal with Mauritius over the future of a U.S.-British military ...

Under the deal Britain, which has controlled the region since 1814, would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - a ... to US security by ceding the archipelago - with its base used by US long ...