Macron returns to Mayotte at start of five-day tour of Indian Ocean territories

Macron vows to step up reconstruction in cyclone-hit Mayotte

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a three-billion-euro package over six years to finance a plan to "rebuild" Mayotte, France's poorest department, which was devastated by a cyclone in December.

Emmanuel Macron will preside over a council of ministers from the presidential plane which will take him to La Réunion.

Macron returns to Mayotte at start of five-day tour of Indian Ocean territories

President Emmanuel Macron returned Monday to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, four months after it was devastated by cyclone Chido, to assess the reconstruction of the archipelago. It's the…

Welcome to this direct on Monday 21 April 2025 dedicated to the visit of the Head of State to Mayotte, four months after the passing of Cyclone Chido which killed 40 and devastated the island.

Four months after the devastating cyclone, the President began a five-day tour in Mamoudzou in the south-west Indian Ocean. In his suitcases, a programming bill for the "refoundation" of the archipelago.

French sovereignty contested, ambitions of China and Russia... The head of state will have to play the balanceists. It is Monday in Mayotte, where reconstruction is waiting, four months after the devastating passage of Cyclone Chido.