Everything you need to know about Mayotte, the cyclone-hit French territory | France

Here is a brief look at the small archipelago – and why it is so ill-equipped to deal with what local authorities have described as “an immense catastrophe”. Geography and population Mayotte is a French overseas region and département located off the south-east coast of Africa, to the east of the Indian Ocean islands of … Read more

From farmer to premier: who is François Bayrou, the new French prime minister? | France

François Bayrou, the new French prime minister, calls himself a country man. A tractor-driving “son of the soil” and breeder of thoroughbreds, he has run for president three times, saying his rural roots and centrist politics led him to try to find common ground between left and right. Born to a family of farmers in … Read more