Whether it's for a honeymoon, family holiday or a trip with the squad - South Africans love a jaunt across the Indian Ocean to our visa-free island neighbours. With Seychelles and Mauritius as the top ...

The UK has signed a £3.4bn ($4.6bn) deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia - the largest of the islands.

Between 1965 and 1973, the UK exiled all Chagossians who had been living on the various islands since the 18th century to Mauritius, Seychelles and, eventually, the UK after many were granted ...

A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it "fails to guarantee" ...

these spectacular islands are more diverse than you might at first assume, from the Seychelles’ unique flora and fauna to Sri Lanka’s rich cultural heritage. Many underestimate Mauritius’s ...

The real challenge facing the Mauritian government is how to turn a diplomatic triumph into sustainable economic development.

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

who are mainly living in the U.K., Mauritius and the Seychelles, will have a right to return, as it is now “free” to implement a resettlement program on the islands except Diego Garcia.

Negotiations on handing the islands to Mauritius began in 2022 under the U.K.'s previous Conservative government and resumed after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party was elected in July.

Between 1965 and 1973, the UK exiled all Chagossians who had been living on the various islands since the 18th century to Mauritius, Seychelles and, eventually, the UK after many were granted ...