Britain took control of Mauritius from 1810 when it was seized from the French. Between 1814 and 1965 the Chagos Archipelago was administered by the UK as a dependency of the Mauritius colony.

Britain took control of Mauritius from 1810 when it was seized from the French. Between 1814 and 1965 the Chagos Archipelago was administered by the UK as a dependency of the Mauritius colony.

The Defence Secretary was asked about the upsides of “giving away the Chagos Islands” as he spoke at the Royal United Services Institute’s (Rusi) land warfare conference in central London. Under the ...

Sir Keir Starmer 's deal to hand over the Chagos Islands will fund sweeping tax cuts in Mauritius, it has emerged. The Prime Minister last month signed an agreement to cede sovereignty of the ...

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. The deal, signed last month ...