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 ...

The consultancy says Mauritius offers investors a “stable bridge between Africa and Asia”. Britain is criticised for ...

The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base By Fatima Al-Kassab Published May 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM CDT ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the rights of the Chagossian people.

People demonstrate outside the High Court in London, Thursday, May 22, 2025, after a British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius hours before ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a U.S.-U.K.

The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base By Fatima Al-Kassab Published May 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM EDT ...

The deal comes after a lengthy dispute over the islands that has involved questions over Britain's colonial legacy. The Chagos Archipelago became a British territory in 1814. In 1965, the U.K.