The island has been gripped by protests and unrest for the last few weeks A group of residents from the Indian Ocean French island of Mayotte has been rounding up suspected illegal migrants and ...

Residents on Mayotte have been setting up roadblocks to protest against living conditions and insecurity A speck of France in the Indian Ocean has become the latest battleground over the laws on ...

A French possession since 1841, the tiny island of Mayotte is now a département or county of the Republic which means, in theory, that the same rules apply there as in the Moselle or Maine-et ...

The change is part of efforts to stem migration to Mayotte from neighbouring islands, amid flaring tensions between locals and immigrants. Once the reform takes effect, only children born to ...