The Comoros marks 50 years of independence from France on Sunday but an ongoing territorial dispute over the island of Mayotte - a former part of the Comorian archipelago which chose to remain ...

Mayotte’s contested sovereignty has given rise to a complex nexus of challenges: mass irregular migration, mounting social tensions, and regional isolation.

The map allows users to compare imagery of the same area over time. A new website that brings together digitised versions of maps of Malta dating back more than 130 years has been unveiled.

Traditional songs and dances welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron when he arrived this week on the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte — unlike his last visit, when he was greeted by furious… ...

France's parliament on Tuesday adopted a bill restricting birthright citizenship enshrined in the French constitution for children born in its overseas territory of Mayotte. The island has seen ...

Ravaged forest threatens Mayotte's biodiversity, economy and food security In the wake of Cyclone Chido, the worst natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years, Mayotte's ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has faced jeers from locals on the cyclone-battered French overseas territory of Mayotte, telling them they should be “happy to be in France, because if it wasn ...

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.

Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the weekend.

Close to 1,000 feared dead after Cyclone Chido hits Mayotte Mayotte is France's poorest region and is nearly 5,000 miles from Paris in the Indian Ocean - one witness said the damage wreaked by the ...

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 ...