Mayotte has more than 320,000 residents according to the French government. Most are Muslim and French authorities have estimated another 100,000 migrants live there.

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 ...

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 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, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, had only just begun rebuilding after the devastation of Cyclone Chido last month, which killed at least 39 people, left ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 has a population of just over 300,000 spread over two main islands about 800 kilometers (500 miles) off Africa's east coast. It is France's poorest island and the European Union's poorest ...

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 ...

Eva van Dam Reporting from Paris On Petite-Terre, the smaller of Mayotte’s two islands, 22-year-old Ingrid Chauvet and other residents remain completely isolated from the main island, Grande ...