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Mauritius to hold legislative election on Nov. 10

Mauritius' President Roopun sets general election for Nov 10

The President of the Republic of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun, said on Friday the island nation would hold a general election on Nov. 10.

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Mauritius to hold legislative election on November 10

Mauritius will hold legislative elections on November 10, the presidency announced on Friday, just a day after Port Louis sealed a landmark deal to regain sovereignty over a chain of islands from Britain.

The Indian Express · 2d

Mauritius to go to polls on November 10

Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, leader of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), won the previous election in 2019, securing 38 of the 62 seats in parliament.

UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius

LA Times on MSN · 2d

UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.

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U.K. hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after long dispute

The agreement ends decades of dispute over Britain’s last African colony, from which thousands of people were forcibly evicted, while maintaining a key U.S.-British military base there.

UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase

Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S. Diego Garcia military base, and which could also pave the way for people displaced decades ago to return home.

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United Kingdom reaches deal to cede Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius

The United Kingdom says it has reached a "historic" deal to cede the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Republic ...

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Key U.S. Military Base Secured as U.K. Returns Disputed Islands to Mauritius

The British government struck a deal with Mauritius to hand over the cluster of 58 tiny islands in the Indian Ocean known as ...

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Mauritius PM says Chagos decision marks complete 'decolonisation of our republic'

The Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth said on Thursday that Britain's decision to cede sovereignty of the Chagos ...

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'Rubbish': Envoy Jonathan Powell slams critics of UK's Chagos deal with Mauritius

UK envoy Jonathan Powell on Friday slammed critics of the Government’s Chagos Islands deal, saying the US was fully on board, ...

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