The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing U-turn’.

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

A legal challenge demanding the UK Government consult Chagossians before transferring sovereignty of their homeland has progressed in the High Court. The Judicial Review, launched by Chagossian ...

After 50 years of struggle, Chagossians won a major victory over the most powerful governments in the world. Forcibly removed from the Chagos Archipelago more than 40 years ago, Chagos islanders ...

The deal signed last month after long-running negotiations returns sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius, but will see Britain lease back the military site on Diego Garcia, the largest of the ...

The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and the United Kingdom. However, the Chagossian people’s identity and ...

Three years later Mauritius became an independent country. Between 1967 and 1973 the UK removed the population of the Chagos Archipelago. What has China said about the UK-Mauritius deal?