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French PM Bayrou promises 'concrete' aid and two-year reconstruction of Mayotte

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, with Education Minister Elisabeth Borne (R) and Overseas Minister Manuel Valls (L) at a water desalination plant in Petite-Terre Pamandzi, Mayotte, 30 December 2024. © Julien de Rosa/AFP

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has promised that Mayotte, the French overseas department that was destroyed by a cyclone, will be rebuilt within two years. His visit to the island in the Indian Ocean comes amid growing frustration that it has been forgotten by subsequent governments in mainland France.

Rebuilding Mayotte in two years “is a goal that must be made”, Bayrou said after touring the temporary field hospital in Mamoudzou.

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