UK signs deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius
British PM Keir Starmer hails deal, which allows UK to retain control of strategic UK-US airbase, as ‘absolutely vital’.
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Diego Garcia remains a dark British-American secret in the Indian Ocean
The recent Chagos deal between the UK and Mauritius is a true victory neither for Chagossians nor international law.
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Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?
An agreement between the UK and Mauritian governments could see thousands of exiled Chagossians resettled again.
UK agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The deal includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, which is used by the United States as a military base.
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