UK to hold off on deal ceding Chagos Islands amid US opposition
A bill laying out plans to return the Indian Ocean archipelago, home to the US-UK Diego Garcia base, has been paused.
A bill laying out plans to return the Indian Ocean archipelago, home to the US-UK Diego Garcia base, has been paused.
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The election is being held amid explosive allegations of wiretapping operations by government operatives.
The leak of audio tapes that preceded the ban involved politicians, journalists and even foreign diplomats.
The recent Chagos deal between the UK and Mauritius is a true victory neither for Chagossians nor international law.
An agreement between the UK and Mauritian governments could see thousands of exiled Chagossians resettled again.
The deal includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, which is used by the United States as a military base.
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence?
Cyclone Belal brought flash floods, submerging cars in its path along roads in Port Louis, Mauritius.
With tourism numbers on the rise in Mauritius, environmental campaigners are pushing for continued sustainability.
Mauritius grapples with a drug epidemic of unprecedented proportions, years after use and peddling peaked in the ’90s.
Africa, which contributes just 4 percent of global CO2 emissions, will suffer the most from climate change.
