On August 16, 1960, the United Kingdom granted Cyprus independence. Well, most of it. Article I of the Treaty Concerning the ...

The recent Chagos deal between the UK and Mauritius is a true victory neither for Chagossians nor international law.

This is an important issue. A Sustainable Development Goals report a couple of years ago showed that in sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of the urban population was living in slums. which are often ...

Some 61 Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers have been living on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands - since October 2021 ...

UK ownership and a US military base have kept the vast Indian Ocean archipelago, and its waves, off-limits for 60 years. Now ...

Possible source of floating debris based on ocean currents map - investigation report screenshot ... October: A piece of an ...

Their account was backed up by maps, diary entries and GPS data on board ... UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to ...

The Indian Ocean-island nation of Mauritius will hold a national election this weekend, when Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth ...

The UK’s handover of the Chagos Archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the ...

The vote comes after a historic agreement in which the UK gave up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Is this ...

U.K. deal will likely draw attention to France, another European sovereign state with contested territories in the Indian Ocean region like Tromelin Island.