France held a national day of mourning for Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory devastated by a violent cyclone on Dec. 14, ...
French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35, about 10 days after the islands were battered by a ...
Cyclone Chido’s devastation has left the residents of Mayotte grappling with an acute lack of food, water, and basic ...
He told TV station Mayotte la 1ere ... They went to meet community leaders and attended improvised religious ceremonies, providing us with this information." The most recent official death ...
PARIS - French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35 ... by people burying their loved ones quickly, per religious custom, and by the fact that many of the deceased may have ...
To commemorate Mayotte's losses, French flags were lowered ... Following the storm, officials say corpses may have been buried quickly per religious custom, before they could be counted, and ...
France is holding a national day of mourning for Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory devastated by a deadly cyclone on Dec.
Most of Mayotte's population is Muslim and religious tradition dictates bodies must be buried rapidly, meaning some may never be counted. Mayotte is France's poorest region, with an estimated ...