On March 29, the 180,00 people of the island of Mayotte will decide whether they would like to become the 101st department of France. They live on a tropical island in the Indian Ocean, they are ...

As French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mayotte to survey the damage caused by Cyclone Chido, the BBC's Mayeni Jones says the devastation wrought by the storm is immediately visible to ...

Emergency workers are searching for survivors and battling to restore services in Mayotte, France's poorest overseas territory, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from Chido - the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. This aerial view shows destroyed shelters and houses in Vahibe, on the outskirts of ...

Hundreds are feared to be dead in Mayotte after Cyclone Chido battered the French Indian Ocean territory on Saturday. Entire settlements were flattened when the cyclone brought wind speeds of more ...

Cyclone Chido was the strongest storm to hit Mayotte in at least 90 years. When the cyclone slammed into the French overseas department in December, it packed winds of more than 200km per hour ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Cyclone Chido began battering the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday ...