The U.K. agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the ...
Deal handing sovereignty of British Indian Ocean Territory was reached between UK and Mauritius, with the White House voicing approval.
US President Joe Biden said the agreement affirms Mauritian sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, while granting the United Kingdom the authority to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius with ...
In February 2019, the International Court of Justice, also the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, handed Mauritius a victory when it concluded in an advisory opinion that the British ...
The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US ...