The UK on Thursday signed an agreement to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back the Diego Garcia military ...

MAURITIAN Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Thursday welcomed the signing of a "historical" agreement concerning the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, seeing it as a "great victory" for the country.

The UK has signed a 99-year agreement with Mauritius to retain operational control of the Diego Garcia base, a key UK-US ...

Dugasse, 68, has spent most of her life in the Seychelles and the U.K., wondering what it would be like to set foot on the ...

Bernadette Dugasse, displaced from her birthplace on the Chagos Islands as a toddler, struggles with the injustice faced by ...

The agreement puts an end to decades of litigation and helps Britain retain access to Diego Garcia, home to a joint U.S.-U.K.

London: The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested ...

In a treaty to “complete the process of decolonisation of Mauritius”, the Government has agreed to pay at least £120 million-a-year for 99 years for control of the vital Diego Garcia base, plus hand ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control ...

LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands ...

The Chagos Islands are home to Diego Garcia, one of world's most secretive places and home to an important U.S. military base ...

Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will pay Mauritius 101 million pounds ($136 million) per year to lease back the Chagos Island base for at least 99 years.