UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB2 days ago · UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more ...
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
WEBMauritius will also be able to begin a programme of resettlement on the Chagos Islands, but not on Diego Garcia. There, the UK will ensure operation of the military base for "an initial period" of ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB2 days ago · Oct. 3, 2024, 6:54 a.m. ET. Britain said on Thursday that it would hand over the Chagos Islands, a necklace of tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, ending lengthy, sometimes ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
WEB2 days ago · Updated 4:12 AM PDT, October 3, 2024. LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Thursday it agreed 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 that secures the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base there.
UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego …
WEB2 days ago · LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
WEB2 days ago · Before granting independence to Mauritius in 1968, Britain was found to have unlawfully separated it to form a new colony on the Chagos archipelago named the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The UK had initially dismissed UN rulings and court judgements demanding it return the islands to Mauritius, …
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024
WEB2 days ago · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as ...
UK Cedes Chagos Island Sovereignty to Mauritius, Retains Diego …
WEB3 days ago · An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain in 1966 ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The ... - ABC News
WEB2 days ago · October 3, 2024, 3:42 AM. 1:13. LONDON -- The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in ...
U.K. to restore sovereignty of Chagos islands to Mauritius
WEB2 days ago · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the U.K. will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as ...