AG declines to comment on Chagos dispute probe

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Attorney General Ahmed Usham declined to provide a clear answer on Wednesday, when asked about the planned inquiry into former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s administration’s handling of the dispute over Chagos Islands. In May 2025, the UK officially agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, ending over two centuries of British rule, in exchange for allowing the United