By Emma Farge GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A U.N. committee on Monday urged Britain and Mauritius not to ratify a deal seeking ...

Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls on British, Mauritian governments to suspend ratification of deal on ...

CRAWLEY, England (Reuters) - Chagossians living in Britain said fresh doubts over a deal to hand sovereignty of their islands to Mauritius had given them a "last chance" to demand a rethink, and ...

A U.N. committee has urged Britain and Mauritius not to ratify a deal regarding the Chagos Islands, cautioning against ...

A U.N. committee has advised Britain and Mauritius against ratifying an agreement concerning the Chagos Islands' future. The ...

The UN committee has now called on the UK and Mauritius to suspend ratification of the treaty and to resume negotiations with ...

It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering – how generous of them – to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, ...

After a dispute running for more than 50 years, the United Kingdom will finally hand back the Chagos Islands, an archipelago located in the Indian Ocean, to the southeast African island country of ...

LONDON — Islanders who were forced to leave their remote Indian Ocean home to make way for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the U.K. Parliament on Monday against a deal they ...

At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that long-extinct bird — Mauritius — for a dose of encouragement. There, among the ...

STORY: Frankie Bontemps is a Chagossian living in Britain. "You know my mum passed away in September this year and one of her last wishes was to go there to see her island one more time..." His ...