The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius LONDON -- The British government ...
The Archipelago has been under continuous UK sovereignty since 1814 and was for most of that time administered as part of “British Mauritius.” In 1965, three years before the UK granted independence ...
Mauritius is still holding out on a deal to regain control of the strategic Chagos Islands from Britain, despite pressure from the United States which has a key military base there.
An historic deal for Britain to hand over control of the strategic Chagos Islands to Mauritius has been thrown into doubt after the new prime minister issued last-minute counter proposals.
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