In the slums of Mayotte, young people don't see a future The French government is cracking down on immigration and crime in the island territory in the Indian Ocean, where 50% of the population is ...

Authorities on Mayotte demolish slum, continue plan to deport Comorians. French authorities on Thursday razed an informal settlement on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte after overnight unrest ...

Mayotte was directly in the cyclone's path, though, and took the brunt. Chido brought winds in excess of 220 kph (136 mph), according to the French weather service, making it a category 4 cyclone ...

He said Mayotte's poor slums of metal shacks and other informal structures had suffered terrible damage and authorities were struggling to get an accurate count of the dead and injured after the ...

France is facing a migration quagmire on the island territory of Mayotte off Africas east coast. The government sent in 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands, the island’s top government official told a local broadcaster Sunday.

France destroys more Mayotte slums, vowing to 'regain control' of population. On a visit to the French overseas department of Mayotte at the weekend, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin vowed to ...

The prefect of Mayotte, Thierry Suquet, said the "small slum" was being cleared after a December court order to make way for a vocational training institute.

Authorities in Mayotte said Monday they carried out large-scale bulldozing of slum dwellings on the French Indian Ocean island, part of what they said was an operation to combat illegal ...

CHIRONGUI, Mayotte (AP) — Facing a migration quagmire on the French island territory of Mayotte, off Africa’s east coast, France’s government has sent in 2,000 troops and police to carry out ...

The devastation from Cyclone Chido that shattered corrugated metal shacks and thousands of lives on the island of Mayotte was both immediate and long coming. Residents of Mayotte, one of 12 tiny ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands, the island’s top government official told a local broadcaster Sunday.