Mauritius, which lies east of Madagascar in southern Africa, is around 1,250 miles southwest of the Chagos Islands. Following a lease agreement with Britain, the U.S. built the naval base at Diego ...

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 ...

Chagos has seven atolls and around 60 islands; of these, Diego Garcia is by far the largest. Mauritius is an island off the east coast of Madagascar, also an island, which is off the coast of ...

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 British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to ...

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.

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.

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 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 ...