In a stunning display of imperial indifference, a former British Army chief has urged Keir Starmer to abandon plans to return ...

Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – bu ...

Lucie Tiatos, 78, tells me in Chagossian creole (translated through a young man Maxwell who speaks both), that "if god keeps ...

Exclusive: A group representing indigenous Chagossians are gearing up to challenge the government’s controversial deal to hand over the archipelago to Mauritius ...

Some 2,000 people were expelled from the Chagos Islands in the 1960s and 1970s to make way for the base. Today, they and their descendants number around 10,000, spread between Mauritius, Seychelles ...

Ms Calou added: "Chagos Islands never belonged to Mauritius. We are not Mauritian. We are British Overseas Territory. We are the people of the King." Others making contributions included Former ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday told his Mauritian counterpart, Navin Ramgoolam, that he wants "strong protections", including from "malign influence", for a U.S.-British military base ...

The people of the Falklands have freely chosen ... the Falklands and is entirely separate to the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. The Governor, Alison Blake CMG, said in Government House ...

Taxpayer money spent on bespoke programme despite country’s demands for Britain to give up the Indian Ocean territory ...

Now, The Independent understands that Chagossian Voices, a group representing people who originate from the Chagos Islands, has sought legal advice and is willing to take the government to court ...