UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia ...
WEB3 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 ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ... - Associated Press News
WEB3 days ago · 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. British Foreign …
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 ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The ... - ABC News
WEB3 days ago · UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays. The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more ...
Britain agrees Chagos Island sovereignty deal with Mauritius
WEB3 days ago · In the early 1970s, Britain evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and the Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it leased to the United States in 1966.
UK Cedes Chagos Island Sovereignty to Mauritius, Retains Diego Garcia ...
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 ...
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
WEB3 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 hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC News
WEB3 days ago · Mauritius 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 ...
UK to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ... - Sky News
WEB3 days ago · Mauritius and the UK have been in dispute over the Indian Ocean islands for the past 50 years. The deal includes ensuring the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, home to a strategically key military ...
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
WEB3 days ago · Fuel tanks at the edge of a military airstrip on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from the ...