Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
Oct 4, 2024 · After a dispute running for more than 50 years, the United Kingdom will finally hand back the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, to the southeast African island country...
Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute - Wikipedia
In 1965, the United Kingdom split the Chagos Archipelago away from Mauritius, and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches from the Seychelles, to form the British Indian Ocean Territory. The islands were formally established as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom on 8 November 1965.
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius - BBC
Oct 3, 2024 · The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century. The deal – reached after years of...
Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius
Oct 3, 2024 · The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending decades of dispute and negotiation over Britain’s last African...
Where are the Chagos Islands, why has Britain handed to …
2 days ago · Chagos has seven atolls and around 60 islands; of these, Diego Garcia is by far the largest. Mauritius is an island off the east coast of Madagascar, also an island, which is off the coast of ...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US …
Oct 4, 2024 · LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday 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 to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base.
UK and Mauritius joint statement, 3 October 2024 - GOV.UK
Oct 3, 2024 · Mauritius will now be free to implement a programme of resettlement on the islands of the Chagos Archipelago, other than Diego Garcia, and the UK will capitalise a new trust fund, as well as...
UN court rules UK has no sovereignty over Chagos islands - BBC
Jan 28, 2021 · The maritime law tribunal of the United Nations has ruled that Britain has no sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. It criticised London for its failure to hand the territory back to Mauritius.
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial …
Oct 3, 2024 · 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 acrimonious negotiations that...
Mauritius has won back Chagos – but not all of it. Why the largest ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Mauritius and the United Kingdom released a joint statement on 3 October 2024 announcing the UK’s agreement to transfer the Chagos archipelago, including the island of Diego Garcia, back to...