In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...
The policy reversal comes as Britain agrees to hand over control of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius.
In 1965, as part of the decolonisation process, the UK separated the islands from Mauritius, creating a new colony. From 1968 ...
The U.N. General Assembly followed that opinion with a resolution demanding that Britain end its "colonial administration" of ...
It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism.  Here was a British government offering ...
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for the British Government to formally apologise for the forced removal of the Chagossian people from the Chagos Islands in the 1960s and 1970s.
Foreign secretary says failure to agree deal would have harmed US relations but Lindsay Hoyle suggests news should not have ...
An agreement between the UK and Mauritian governments could see thousands of exiled Chagossians resettled again.
The British government made the deal to return all the Chagos Islands, except for Diego Garcia, which holds a U.K.-U.S. Navy base.
The U.K. says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic of ...
The UK said that “without” the new agreement signed today, “the long-term, secure operation of the [Diego Garcia] military base would be under threat, with contested sovereignty and legal challenges — ...