In October, the Government announced that Mauritius will be sovereign over the Chagos islands, and then lease back the Diego Garcia military base. But allies of US president-elect Donald Trump ...

The prime minister of Mauritius has told his parliament that Keir Starmer intends to “push ahead” with a deal over the Chagos Islands “in the coming weeks”. During a Mauritian National ...

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Britain puts future of the islands on hold amid president-elect’s concerns that agreement could boost China’s influence Donald Trump will rule on the future of the Chagos Islands after his ...