Mauritius expects to receive billions of rupees from the UK following an agreement under which Britain ceded sovereignty of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK has agreed to give up sovereignty of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius in return ...

Map: The Economist On October 3rd the British government announced a preliminary deal to cede sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius. Under the agreement the Diego Garcia base will remain in ...

The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move. This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US ...

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retains use of the UK ...

By Mark Landler Reporting from London 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 ...

News updates from October 4: Oil prices notch biggest daily jump in a year; UK gives Chagos islands to Mauritius on facebook (opens in a new window) News updates from October 4: Oil prices notch ...

LONDON/PORT LOUIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military ...

The UK would return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending a decades-long dispute over the future of the former British territory, the two countries announced in a joint statement on Thursday.

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 ...