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Fury as Mauritius uses UK Chagos deal cash to pay for debts instead of indigenous resettlement
Fury as Mauritius uses UK Chagos deal cash to pay for debts instead of indigenous resettlement - It comes after Chagossian ...
Chagos islands: how Mauritius can turn a diplomatic triumph into real economic growth
The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty ...
What to know about the deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands
The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been barred from signing it by a British judge.
UK agrees to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it says protects a key US base
LONDON (AP) — A British court said Thursday that the U.K. can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, overturning a block that was imposed hours ...
Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal
Dugasse, 68, has spent most of her life in the Seychelles and the U.K., wondering what it would be like to set foot on the tropical island of Diego Garcia, part of the remote cluster of atolls in the ...
UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands goes ahead despite last-minute legal injunction
The British government has handed control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the ...
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The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base
LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U.S.
UK signs agreement to hand sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands to Mauritius
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to ...
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Britain transfers Chagos Islands to Mauritius after court delay
May 22 (UPI) --The British government signed-off Thursday on ceding the Chagos Islands back over to Mauritius after a last-minute court ruling delayed the transfer of international territory.
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A deal on the disputed Chagos Islands faces more hurdles. Here's what to know
The agreement would transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands from the U.K. to Mauritius — though Britain would retain control of the largest of the chain of islands, Diego Garcia, which hosts ...
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The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base
LONDON — The United Kingdom has signed a deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in an agreement Britain says will also ensure the future of a strategically important U ...
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What to know about the deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands
LONDON — The governments of Britain and Mauritius signed a deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands, the contested archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, after overcoming last ...