Mauritius, long celebrated as an offshore-finance hub, now faces a new challenge: can the island remain competitive and export world-class digital and financial products instead of back-office ...

Dame Priti Patel asked whether ministers ‘are afraid’ of Labour backbenchers, who might ‘force them into another embarrassing ...

First, they prevented any Chagossians who had left on vacation or for medical treatment from returning home. Next, they cut ...

The Chagos Archipelago’s return to Mauritius marks the end of decades of diplomatic conflict between this island nation and ...

In the early 1970s, the UK evicted almost 2,000 residents to Mauritius and Seychelles to make way for an airbase on the largest island, Diego Garcia, which it had leased to the United States in 1966.

Mauritius is using UK government money to pay its debts instead of indigenous resettlement, The Independent can reveal, reigniting anger over Sir Keir Starmer’s deal to hand over the archipelago. It ...

The agreement, signed last month, will see the UK give up sovereignty of the island territory to Mauritius and lease back the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia at a cost of £101m per year for ...

A panel of UN experts urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to abandon the agreement reached with Mauritius last month and negotiate a new one.

This year’s winning images include a curious leopard seal, a swarm of jellyfish, and a very grumpy looking Japanese warbonnet ...