Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island ...

It’s closing anyway. Britain's government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald ...

I would like to reassure you that the legal and historical contexts of the Chagos Archipelago and the Falkland Islands are very different. UK Ministers have been very clear throughout the process ...

The UK is “mid-negotiation” on a revised deal to hand back the Chagos Islands, a minister has said. Reports had suggested that Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam is holding a special ...

The UK must hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, even if Donald Trump scuttles the current proposed agreement, the Mauritian prime minister has said. Navin Ramgoolam has demanded that deal ...

The UK's planned handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius should be considered by incoming US President Donald Trump before it goes ahead, Downing Street has said. Efforts were made to get the ...

UK Says a Deal on the Chagos Islands Won't Be Finalized Until Trump Is Consulted LONDON (AP) — Britain's government confirmed Wednesday that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

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