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The Latest Breaking News from Mauritius

What’s next for the Falklands and other British overseas territories after Chagos deal?

Could the UK-Mauritius deal open the door to other British territories?

The Independent UK

Chagos Islands row: Keir Starmer insists deal with Mauritius safeguards 'hugely important' base

Envoy Jonathan Powell also slams critics of the pact, which he says was first negotiated by the Tories, stressing it’s ‘rubbish’ to claim China will benefit

Evening Standard

Chagos islanders hope to return after UK cedes last African colony

Mauritius says the UK's handing over of the long-contested Chagos Islands draws an important line under the archipelago's colonial history. The remote Indian Ocean islands were Britain's last African colony. The UK severed the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 and up to 2,000 Chagossians were expelled to make way…

France 24

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A tiny ocean island is home to a restricted US-UK military base. The secret just got out

The UK will cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but indigenous people from a tiny island that houses a US military base shrouded in secrecy will not be allowed to return

The Independent UK

British police cars, American biscuits and wild donkeys – what life is like on the Chagos Islands

Sir Keir Starmer’s government announces Britain will return of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius - but what’s it like on the the islands?

The Independent UK

UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".

International Business Times

UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal securing Diego Garcia military base

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

France 24

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UK Agrees To Hand Over Chagos Islands To Mauritius

British government transfers Chagos Islands sovereignty to Mauritius, securing U.K.-U.S. military base on Diego Garcia. Agreement aims to strengthen global...

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Mina Rzouki's Beachside Vacation In Mauritius: Sun-Kissed Serenity

Mina Rzouki's captivating Instagram photos from her sun-kissed vacation in Mauritius exude tranquility and joy, inviting viewers to share in the beauty and...

The Conversation

Namibia’s sodomy laws have been overturned – what that means for LGBTIQ+ rights in the country

The Namibian high court recently invalidated the country’s colonial-era “sodomy law”, which had made consensual sexual acts between men a criminal offence. The court declared that the common law offences of “sodomy” and “unnatural sexual offences” were unconstitutional. This ruling follows a separate decision in 2023 where Namibia’s supreme court…

The Conversation

Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades

Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country.

Cycling News

'I want it a lot more' - Kim Le Court puts Mauritius on the map

AG Insurance-Soudal's classics leader on representing Mauritius, overachieving and suffering through Paris-Roubaix

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