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Schools in Mayotte set to reopen as unions warn cyclone recovery still lags

9th grade students enter Zena M'dere middle school, which usually welcomes 1400 students, in Pamandzi, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on 27 January, 2025. © AFP - MARINE GACHET

Middle and high schools in Mayotte will reopen next week, eight months after cyclone Chido killed at least 50 people and wrecked classrooms across the French overseas department. Education Minister Elisabeth Borne, visiting the Indian Ocean archipelago, promised lessons would resume "in the same conditions as before the cyclone."

Borne toured several schools on Monday and spoke of "significant progress" in repairing buildings.

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