The Government is currently scrambling to save its agreement to surrender control of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which ...

The UK Government’s agreement on the future of the Chagos Islands has run into trouble following elections in Mauritius and the United States.

From Svalbard to Antarctica - and even into space - the major powers are jockeying for global reach The Chagos Islands are in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia and crucial for ...

They are calling for a referendum to determine their own fate. Since an agreement for the United Kingdom to give up sovereignty of the islands was announced in October, Chagossians have voiced ...

Chagossians were forced to leave their homeland in the 1960s and 1970s, after Britain bought the chain of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean and established a military base, which it leased ...

The Chagos Islands have significant historical and geopolitical importance, having served military operations for decades, sparking controversies around displaced Chagossians.

He suggested the terms of the deal should be put to a referendum of exiled Chagossians. Mr Doughty said the rules in the US meant contacts with the incoming administration in the transition period ...