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The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on Diego ...
Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.
The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.
First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...
Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is rubber-stamped, ...
The US had sought out the Chagos Islands as a military base during the Cold War. At the time, Diego Garcia was the only US base between the Mediterranean and the Philippines.
What is there, what aircraft operate from it, and why could it become a critical link in any future conflict in the Middle ...
The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and ...
Around 2,000 Chagos residents were forcibly removed to make way for the building of the military base on Diego Garcia. In 2019, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued its “advisory ...
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