Speculation is rife that U.S. President Donald Trump might block an agreement between Britain and Mauritius to resolve their ...

Mauritius is reportedly in “no rush” to secure a Chagos Island deal with the UK before Donald Trump takes office. Officials ...

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The MPA creation was criticized for being ... operation of the existing base on Diego Garcia and that Mauritius is sovereign over the [Chagos] Archipelago.” The Mauritian PM’s office didn ...

a contentious element of negotiations in which the UK plans to cede control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Britain struck a deal in October to hand over the Chagos Islands while retaining ...

Resumed negotiations over a proposed deal to return the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius from Britain are not solely over financial compensation, the premier and a government official have said.

Mauritius has ‘made a counter proposal’ in the Chagos Islands deal, reportedly demanding £800 million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations from the UK. Negotiations on the controversial deal, ...

Mauritius has been demanding £800million a year and ‘billions of pounds in reparations’ as part of the beleaguered Chagos Islands talks, it emerged today. Sir Keir Starmer has been facing ...

Downing Street would not be drawn on financial arrangements, but it is thought Whitehall could stump up a number of years’ payments Britain is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the ...

MAURITIUS has been accused of demanding “crazy” money in diplomatic negotiations with the UK over the future of the Chagos Islands. Talks over relinquishing sovereignty and a 99-year lease for ...

Mauritius has reportedly demanded £800 million per year and billions in reparations from Britain in talks over the Chagos Islands. Britain and Mauritius want to finalise a deal to hand back the ...

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has questioned the duration of the lease on a U.S.-British military base, he told a local newspaper, a contentious element of ...