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Demonstrators gather to protest the water crisis in Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. A protest movement called ’’Mayotte is Thirsty″ is demanding accountability for alleged embezzling, leaks and lack of investment in sustainable water supplies. (AP Photo/Gregoire Merot)

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France’s poorest island is parched because of drought and underinvestment
By GREGOIRE MEROT - Associated Press
Sun,11/12/23-2:11AM , 53 Reads
MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — Drop by disappearing drop, water is an ever more precious resource on Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union.
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Zenabou S, a Comoros woman married to a French man in Mayotte and with French children, looks at her belongings as she prepares to move, in the Talus 2 district of Koungou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte Saturday, April 22, 2023. France is facing a migration quagmire on the island territory of Mayotte off Africa’s east coast. The government sent in 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and eradicate violent gangs. But the operation has become bogged down and raised concerns of abuse, aggravating tensions between local residents and immigrants from the neighboring country of Comoros. (AP Photo/Gregoire Merot)

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Anti-migration operation on French African island of Mayotte stirs tensions, exposes inequalities
By GREGOIRE MEROT - Associated Press
Thu,05/18/23-1:38AM , 164 Reads
CHIRONGUI, Mayotte (AP) — Facing a migration quagmire on the French island territory of Mayotte, off Africa’s east coast, France’s government has mobilized 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and eradicate violent gangs.
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