Juneteenth recognizes the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, symbolizing the end of slavery ...

Stacker examined historical documentation to explore Juneteenth's history and significance and to confute the most egregious ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from Mauritius in 1965 before it became independent in 1968. A leaked internal Foreign ...

Emirates has officially launched its new Travel Store in Port-Louis, Mauritius, marking a significant milestone i ...

Britain’s government has acknowledged that its removal of islanders was wrong, and has granted many citizenship and set aside some funds to improve their lives. But it continues to bar Chagossians ...

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base for £101m a ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has signed an agreement handing over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is home to a ...

One of the last remnants of the British Empire, the Chagos Islands have been under U.K. control since 1814. Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years ...

A British court said Thursday that the UK can transfer sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands to Mauritius, overturning a block that was imposed hours before the ...

The UK is expected to sign a 99-year lease on the base, once sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is handed back to Mauritius. The Chagos Islands - officially known as the British Indian Ocean Territory ...