Skip to main contentSkip to navigation

Mauritius

May 2024

  • British Indian Ocean Territory islanders gather in Parliament Square in London in September 2021.

    Chagos Islanders fear loss of identity as birth certificates altered to remove disputed homeland

    Birthplace and parents’ names are being removed from passports and birth certificates as Mauritius stakes claim to the island

January 2024

  • A 'made in Mauritius' garment label

    Rights and freedom
    Fashion firms agree to compensate garment workers in Mauritius

    Barbour and owner of Calvin Klein and Hilfiger among brands to pay £400,000 after report alleges illegal hiring fees, deception and intimidation

June 2023

  • Tangy Tamarind Puree Or Imli Paste<br>Tamarind Or Imli Fresh Puree, Paste from Pulp

    My secret ingredient
    Chaya Maya’s secret ingredient: tamarind

    Marinades, soups, stews, even eat it straight from the pod – the Mauritian chef on the endless uses for this adaptable seasoning

February 2023

  • Chagossians protesting, seven years ago, outside the High Court, London

    Chagos islanders must get full reparations for forced exile, says NGO

    Human Rights Watch also demands trial for ‘appalling colonial crime’ of expulsion – and continuing ill treatment – of Chagossians

January 2023

  • Officials raise the Mauritian flag above an atoll on the Chagos Islands.

    Negotiations on Chagos Islands’ sovereignty face legal challenge

  • Mauritian leader, Pravind Jugnauth

    Chagos Islanders demand say as UK-Mauritius sovereignty talks begin

November 2022

  • A 2015 protest in London against the depopulation of the Chagos archipelago.

    UK agrees to negotiate with Mauritius over handover of Chagos Islands

    Foreign secretary indicates major reversal of policy that could allow return of people expelled by Britain in 1970s

September 2022

  • Beach

    Evicted Chagos Islanders’ descendants to get British citizenship

    Home Office announces applications for children of those forcibly evicted by the British in 1970s will open in November

March 2022

  • Officials raised the Mauritian flag above an atoll on the Chagos Islands, pictured, and sang the national anthem in a ceremony in February.

    Mauritius challenges UK rights over Indian Ocean domain name

    Right to license .io address being challenged on grounds Britain no longer has legitimate claim to Chagos Islands

February 2022

  • We follow Olivier Bancoult as he returns to his home unescorted by the British government for the first time in half a century&nbsp;

    10:17

    The Chagos Islanders taking back their birthplace from the British: 'They uprooted us' – video

  • Aerial photo of Chagos Islands

    Mauritius asks Google to label Chagos Islands as part of its territory

  • Rosemonde Bertin and Marie Suzelle Baptiste after the Mauritian flag is raised on Peros Banhos

    Chagossian exiles celebrate emotional return as UK tries to justify control

  • Officials raised the Mauritian flag above an atoll on the Chagos Islands, pictured, and sang the national anthem in a ceremony on Monday.

    Mauritius formally challenges Britain’s ownership of Chagos Islands

  • Mauritius measures reef hoping to lay claim on Chagos Islands

  • Exiled Chagos Islanders return without UK officials for first time

  • Exiled Chagos Islanders bask in return ‘as pilgrims to abandoned place’

  • ‘I will be free’: excitement grows as cruise ship nears Chagos Islands

  • Mauritius warns UK firm over ‘Nemo’ coins in Chagos Islands dispute

  • ‘Life was lovely’: Chagossian women head home 50 years after forced exile

  • Exiled Chagos Islanders return without British supervision for first time

About 174 results for Mauritius
1234...