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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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Historic Chagos Islands Sovereignty Transfer: A New Era Begins
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has finalized a pivotal agreement transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
Factbox-Key facts about Chagos Islands deal signed by UK and Mauritius
Britain signed a multi-billion dollar deal on the future of the Chagos Islands with Mauritius after a last-gasp injunction ...
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UK agrees to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal it says protects key US base
Chagos-born Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice ... is free to implement a program of resettlement” on the islands, other than Diego Garcia. But it does not require the residents to be resettled.
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United Kingdom abandons its colony of the Chagos Islands, but maintains the Diego Garcia airbase, which gives the key to the Indian Ocean to the USA
The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...