Mayotte’s history is as turbulent as the cyclone that hit it. Colonized by France in 1843, the island stayed under French rule even as its neighboring islands in the Comoros archipelago voted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mayotte is a French territory off the east coast of Africa with approximately 320,000 people. France's top official on Mayotte, François-Xavier Bieuville, ...

Mayotte is one of the European Union’s poorest territories, but it still represents a haven for people from even more impoverished parts of Africa, who migrate there illegally by the thousands ...

France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst cyclone in a century.

Mayotte is a densely populated archipelago of more than 320,000 people, according to the French government, most of whom are Muslim. Situated between Madagascar and the African continent, ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — France was rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean on Monday after the island was shattered by its ...

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, ...