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The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.
Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...
A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" the ...
Campaigners launch judicial review to stop Government from signing away islands without consulting Chagossians ...
As the United Kingdom has ceded the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, analysts are divided on whether the terms of the treaty ...
Members of the House of Lords stress that renewal of the deal in 99 years will depend on the goodwill of the then-government ...
The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.
There’s no doubt that the bloody chessboard of the Middle East has, yet again, been thrown in the air. As more US attacks ...
Diego Garcia is home to lush vegetation dotted with palm and coconut trees, pristine white sand beaches surrounded by ...
Chagos Islands deal must be ratified to secure Diego Garcia, peers say Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is ...
Chagos Islands deal must be ratified to secure Diego Garcia, ... the UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year for 99 years in order to lease back the Diego Garcia base ...
The Chagos Islands deal is “not perfect” but must be ratified to avoid legal challenges ... but will see Britain lease back the military site on Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands. ...