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Newly appointed French Prime Minister François Bayrou formed the country's fourth government in less than a year, with a key challenge for his cabinet being securing approval for the 2025 budget.
As cholera fears grow in Mayotte, France observes national mourning
French troops and firefighters are working around the clock in Mayotte, which was devastated by Cyclone Chido, the worst storm to strike the region in 90 years.
Antibiotic-resistant cholera posing new threat on cyclone-hit Mayotte
Hospitals are overwhelmed with patients suffering not only from cyclone-related injuries but also from dehydration, and malnutrition. Now authorities are concerned about disease.
France holds day of mourning for victims of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte
A minute of silence was observed on Monday at the Elysee Palace in Paris, where the French flag flew at half-mast after President Macron declared a national day of mourning for those lost in Cyclone Chido’s devastation of Mayotte.
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Macron enters into furious expletive-laden exchange in Mayotte
The French overseas department is reeling from a devastating cyclone, and residents’ anger boiled over during a visit from French President Emmanuel Macron.
In Mayotte, the rain began to fall again
In Mayotte, the rain began to fall again on Thursday December 19, five days after the disaster caused by cyclone Chido.
Women hastily dig out basins to collect what they can.
Since the cyclone hit, the Mahorais have been desperately short of water.
Mayotte: Amidst criticism, Emmanuel Macron defends the state's actions
France has activated the European Union's civil protection mechanism to assist Mayotte, where many fear that hundreds, if not thousands of people have been killed after storm Chido devastated the island last Saturday.
French troops deliver aid to Mayotte ahead of President Macron's visit
French military troops deliver 120 tonnes of aid to Mayotte after Cyclone Chido battered the Indian Ocean Island on Saturday causing widespread destruction. It comes just one day before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled arrival at the French overseas department on Thursday.
Mayotte faces 'total breakdown of infrastructure' after Cyclone Chido
A catastrophic storm has left Mayotte island in shambles, wrecking the transmission networks that facilitated communication and setting impossible tasks for first responders on rescue missions.
Is climate change to blame for deadly Cyclone Chido?
Authorities are now battling to prevent hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading across the island.
Authorities in Mayotte impose overnight curfew in aftermath of cyclone
Three days after powerful Indian Ocean cyclone Chido hit Mayotte, a curfew has been imposed in the small but densely populated French island. France continues to use military aircraft to rush rescuers and supplies into the territory.
Mayotte reels after deadly Cyclone Chido
Cyclone Chido struck Mayotte on Saturday, levelling entire neighbourhoods and causing heavy destruction in the island's capital. Local reports confirm at least 20 deaths, but officials fear the true toll could be far higher.
Macron to visit Mayotte in aftermath of its worst storm in 90 years
French President Emmanuel Macron says he will visit Mayotte in the coming days in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido that has ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory, causing major damage in its path, with hundreds feared dead.
Cyclone Chido ravages Mayotte island
The people of Mayotte are trying to assess the damage caused by the passage of Cyclone Chido over the weekend.
France rushes in help to Mayotte to support rescue operations
French authorities said more than 800 more personnel were expected to arrive in the coming days as rescuers comb through the devastation caused by Chido when it hit the densely populated archipelago of around 300,000 people on Saturday.
Cyclone Chido 'worst storm in 90 years' hits Mayotte
Officials have called the storm the most destructive to hit the archipelago in 90 years, with fears of a high death toll as the cyclone wreaks havoc across the region.