A speck of France in the Indian Ocean ... But the territory's difficult experience of mass immigration is pushing President Emmanuel Macron's government to abandon the sacrosanct French principle ...

Residents on Mayotte have been setting up roadblocks to protest against living conditions and insecurity A speck of France in the Indian Ocean has ... on immigration. A French possession since ...

The French presence in the Indian Ocean region began in the 17th century and extended as its peak over many southwestern insular regions of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros ...

A tragic incident occurred when two motorboats carrying Somali migrants capsized near Madagascar. With 25 people reported ...

Torrential rain and flooding have hit Mauritius and the French territory of Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, as Cyclone Belal crosses the islands. One person was killed in Réunion, where the ...