New French PM vows to restore power, ban shantytowns in storm-hit Mayotte

31/12/2024 6:44

New French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday that power will be restored to all households on the storm-ravaged Mayotte archipelago by the

end of January, while the rebuilding of its shantytowns will not be permitted.



The slow pace of aid and delays in the arrival of clean water and electricity have angered residents of France's poorest overseas territory, located between Madagascar and Mozambique about 8,000 km (4,971 miles) from mainland France.



Bayrou, whose first days in office were rocked by Cyclone Chido, the worst storm to hit Mayotte's two main islands in 90 years, travelled to the archipelago on Monday to announce a raft of new emergency measures to rebuild, dubbed "Mayotte Standing."