The archipelago was acquired in the 1960s and a US military base established by displacing the indigenous population to ...

Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago ...

After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony. The remote ...

The Labour Government's decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has prompted concerns Sir Keir Starmer may give ...

Diego Garcia, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, is strictly out of bounds to most civilians, despite being home to beaches ...

It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism.  Here was a British government offering ...

The Philippines has welcomed the United Kingdom and Mauritius' joint effort to settle their dispute on Chagos Archipelago in ...

Freedom for Chagos islands: by Peter Harris Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University Britain is close to resolving its territorial dispute with Mauritius over the Chagos ...

Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give the Chagos Islands away in return for its own independence from Britain, with ...

Downing Street said the decision over the British Indian Ocean Territory was because of its unique circumstances.