The Latest Breaking News from Mauritius

In this week’s episode of TravelSmart, Independent Travel is exploring the Indian Ocean, diving into two of the most popular idyllic beach getaways: the Maldives and Mauritius.

Mauritius is ‘likely’ to resume its campaign to secure a judgment on sovereignty against Britain unless the agreement is rubber-stamped, peers said

Following a sharp drop in Tesla’s share price, outlets reported that the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, had “lost” US$34 billion (£25 billion) in a single day. That figure exceeds the annual GDP of countries like Iceland, Jamaica or Mauritius. Gaining or losing even 0.001% of that wealth would be…

Mauritius’s water supplies are running very low. As a small island, it is affected by tropical cyclones, rising temperatures, rising sea levels, and a warming ocean. Rainfall levels have decreased by 8% over the last 10 years.

Different claims have been made as to whether or not China supports the deal between the UK and Mauritius.

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

Chagossians were expelled from the islands between 1965 and 1973 to make way for a joint UK-US base

The Chagos deal with Mauritius fails to guarantee rights of Chagossans, UN experts say

Keir Starmer’s proposed handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius—a move they say would undermine British sovereignty, national security, and taxpayers.

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The decades-long Chagos islands dispute has finally entered a new chapter. The UK officially agreed to return the sovereignty of the archipelago to Mauritius.