The Latest Breaking News from Mauritius

Britain has reaffirmed its sovereignty over a remote Indian Ocean archipelago after Mauritius underlined its own territorial claim by planting a flag on the islands

The UK has had sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1814

Exiles intend to plant Mauritian flag on land UK claims as part of British Indian Ocean Territory

Surrey-based Pobjoy Mint accused of violating international law by producing fish-decorated currency

Women on Mauritian-chartered vessel bound for Chagos Islands recall how life there was ‘paradise’

Mauritius has sent a scientific expedition to survey its maritime borders with the Maldives in relation to an ongoing dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago. The survey will help resolve the dispute between both countries over the maritime boundary in an area near the Chagos islands.

Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar are all set to get hitched this month, after four years of courtship. Javed Akhtar had confirmed their wedding to ETimes and revealed how the planners are taking care of all the minute details of this small key celebration.

Survey ship will gather evidence in dispute over demarcating seabed between Mauritius and Maldives

A delegation from Mauritius set sail Tuesday to the Chagos Islands to press the country’s claim for the strategically important Indian Ocean archipelago, which is also claimed by Britain and is home to an American military base