Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands ...
The British government’s negotiation with the Republic of Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands has been a mess. At time of ...
Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their ...
and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory. In the 1960s and 1970s Britain evicted up to 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base.
The UK announced in October it would cede sovereignty of the archipelago in the ... The UK took control of the Chagos Islands, or British Indian Ocean Territory, from its then colony, Mauritius ...