The clarification was necessitated following reports doing the rounds, that French soldiers had arrived in the country.

Mayotte is France's poorest region and is nearly 5,000 miles from Paris in the Indian Ocean - one witness said the damage wreaked by the cyclone looked like "the aftermath of a nuclear war".

Authorities in Mayotte fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido, although the official death ...

France is rushing help by ship and military aircraft to its poor overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean that has ...

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands.

Cyclone Chido caused major damage to Mayotte's airport and cut off electricity, water and communication links when it ...

A wave of African countries is pushing the former coloniser back, but Senegal is the only one without military leaders.

The Defence Headquarters has refuted claims that the French military was planning to establish a base in Nigeria.

Asked about the death toll from Cyclone Chido, the French interior ministry said "it will be difficult to account for all victims" and a figure could not be determined at this stage.

Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century ...

Drug lords like Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi -- son of the infamous head of the ...

Good morning, Mr President.  I address your recent state visit to France. I do so to put the issues in perspective. The two-day visit ...