In Kaweni, life has returned to almost normal, more than a month after the passage of Cyclone Chido. Here, in this district of Mayotte, which is also the largest slum in France, nearly 10,000 people live in small tin houses, almost all rebuilt, after the tragedy that the island went through on December 14. During … Read more
By ravaging Mayotte, Cyclone Chido exposed the difficulties of the archipelago and revived an old debate: should land rights be restricted in this department subject to strong migratory pressure? This provision allows children of foreign parents born in the territory to apply for French nationality from the age of 13, and therefore their parents, most … Read more
With a flash ball in the chest, the agents of the Mayotte anti-crime brigade bring out one by one the boys who were still sleeping upstairs a few hours ago. The deputy principal of the Kaweni vocational high school thunders: « CIt’s not young people we’re bringing out, but thugs, delinquents! » In the establishment … Read more
Mayotte, the French island ravaged by Cyclone Chido, is not intended to become “a shanty island”, “dangerous and unworthy”. This is what François Bayrou, Prime Minister, said during his visit to Reunion Island this Tuesday. “We will obviously intervene,” he pledged, joining the mayor of Mamoudzou, the main town of Mayotte. He declared that “it … Read more
During his visit to Reunion, François Bayrou continued to talk about Mayotte. After announcing on Monday a battery of measures intended for the recovery of the archipelago, the Prime Minister completed his trip to the region on Tuesday by repeating that the department ravaged by Cyclone Chido was not intended to become “a shanty island” … Read more
The government “makes every effort” to transport water to populations affected by Cyclone Chido in Mayotte, and the supply will be quickly “more fluid”assured Thursday the Minister of Health Geneviève Darrieussecq on RTL. She was questioned about the risk of dehydration which threatens the victims, isolated and sometimes deprived of drinking water and food. “We … Read more
Where have the approximately 100 to 110,000 people gone, out of the 320,000 inhabitants of Mayotte, who until now lived in tin huts? This is one of the main questions being asked today on the island devastated by Chido. Because, according to INSEE, nearly four out of ten buildings are considered to be “fragile”. “Roughly … Read more