Slam poet Geraldine Baptiste pulls no punches when telling the story of her “Granpapa”, one of the 1,500-plus people ripped from a peaceful existence on the Chagos Islands by the British to ...

Mauritius could rent out islands near the crucial Diego Garcia military base to China or Russia unless the UK hands over Chagos sovereignty, a minister claimed today. Foreign Office minister ...

It also prevents Mauritius from "renting" the nearby islands of Peros Banhos, Danger Island and the Egmont Islands. Mr Doughty warned that if the deal does not go through, the country's ...