More than just sand and stealth bombers, 43 years ago a SURFER dispatch from Diego Garcia proved the island is holding some ...

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to ...

The UK Government has confirmed today (Thursday 3 October) that it has reached a political agreement on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. Today’s political agreement is ...

India on Saturday reaffirmed its support to Mauritius in its stance on its sovereignty over Chagos Archipelago. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, in response to questions from reporters at special ...

Negotiations between Mauritius and the United Kingdom over the long-disputed Chagos Archipelago are underway, with Mauritius' newly elected government pushing for a fresh look at a deal aimed at ...

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.