The military base at Diego Garcia, the so-called "Footprint of Freedom," is a seventeen-square mile atoll of the Chagos ...

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) -Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

while the UK and US would retain control over the military base on Diego Garcia under a 99-year lease. There was agreement in principle to a right of return for the Chagossian people. In spite of ...

Diego Garcia's proximity to vital international ... The native Chagossian people are a mixture between the West Africans and Indians who were brought to the islands as laborers.