CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The French territory of Mayotte was put on red alert Saturday as another cyclone headed toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in ...

Mayotte is a densely populated territory of around 320,000 people. Another 100,000 undocumented migrants from nearby Comoros and elsewhere are also believed to live on the islands, ...

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 ...

People on the island of Mayotte are calling for aid after Cyclone Chido, with wind speeds of 140mph (225kmh), devastated the French Indian Ocean territory "There's nothing here on the ground - no ...

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 cyclone ...

Mayotte is the only island in the Comoros archipelago that chose to remain part of France in a 1974 referendum. Half a century later, it is France’s poorest administrative region.

Mayotte was directly in the path of the cyclone and suffered extensive damage on Saturday, officials said. The prefect of Mayotte said it was the worst cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years.

The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte voted overwhelmingly to become France's 101st department, while Paris welcomed the referendum's results. FRANCE 24 special correspondents Lucas Menget and Johan ...

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a surge in the number of cases of a mosquito-borne viral ...

Authorities in Mayotte were racing on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend’s devastating cyclone, while Mozambique ...

Mayotte is a small, sea-horse shaped archipelago–a green and wild rock encircled by one of the world’s largest closed lagoons–located in the Gulf of Mozambique, halfway between Madagascar and ...