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The Latest Breaking News from the Indian Ocean

The US deployment of B-2 bombers near the Mideast by the numbers

Satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show the deployment of at least six nuclear-capable B-2 bombers to Camp Thunder Bay on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean

The Independent UK

An unexplained death, ‘abuse and slavery’: Indonesian fishers reveal life on long haul vessels

The death of a fisher on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocates

The Guardian - UK

Former firefighter to row 5,500 miles across Indian Ocean for dementia charity

Billy Taylor and his three crew members will row 5,500 miles across the Indian Ocean within 100 days for charity.

Evening Standard

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Madagascar’s lemurs live with the threat of cyclones – has this shaped their behaviour?

Madagascar is an island that’s no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it’s located in the south-west Indian Ocean cyclone basin, a region of the Indian Ocean where tropical cyclones typically form and develop.

The Conversation

British firm kicks off new search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Indian Ocean

New area about 1500km off the coast of Perth to be scoured in what could be last search for MH370

The Independent UK

A powerful force is stopping the Indian Ocean from cooling itself – spelling more danger for Ningaloo

Widespread coral bleaching at Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia’s coast has deeply alarmed scientists and conservationists.

The Conversation

Wildfire on remote French island threatens wildlife and climate research station

Amsterdam Island – part of France's Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean – has seen more than half its territory hit by a wildfire that started in late January. Officials are yet to evaluate the damage to the island, which is a haven of biodiversity and home to…

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Mayotte has been French for longer than Nice. Why is it still treated with colonial arrogance?

The Indian Ocean island is an integral part of France and the EU – but the aftermath of a devastating cyclone has highlighted its neglect, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK

Mysterious Airstrip Is Being Built On A Remote Island Off Yemen: Report

Abd al-Kuri sits in the Indian Ocean along a critical commercial waterway near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden

International Business Times

India Boosts Naval Power Amid Rising Chinese Presence

India's navy strengthens maritime capabilities with new submarines and aircraft carrier to counter Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean region.

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French carrier strike group makes stopovers in Goa

Deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of Mission Clemenceau 25, the French carrier strike group (CSG), comprising the aircraft carrier FNS Charles De Gaulle. Read further on Dynamite News:

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

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.

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The Conversation

South Africa’s modern rondavels: family homes may be changing, but traditions remain

The Mbhashe area of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is a landscape of hills, fields and river valleys leading to the Indian Ocean. All along the ridges are the homesteads of the Xhosa people who have lived here since before colonial times. In years gone by, all these homes would…

Radio France Internationale

How France is preparing for Mediterranean and Atlantic tsunamis

As Unesco predicts that a tsunami will hit the Mediterranean within the next 30 to 50 years, French scientists are putting in place warning systems – hoping to avoid a death toll like the one seen in 2004 in the Indian Ocean, when a tsunami killed up to 230,000 people.

Evening Standard

Victims and survivors of Boxing Day tsunami remembered 20 years on

A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami.

The Independent UK

20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived

Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal regions around Asia, Tamara Davison travels to one of the areas that was worst hit to speak to the people who were impacted and learn how tourism has made a comeback

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International Business Times

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: What To Know 20 Years On

Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.

International Business Times

Asia To Mourn Tsunami Dead With Ceremonies 20 Years On

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean, in one of the worst natural disasters in human history.

Radio France Internationale

Tears and prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on

Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst natural disasters.

AAP

End of the world: tsunami seared into survivors' minds

December 26 marks 20 years since a monster earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people including 26 Australians.

The Conversation

Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the deadliest tsunami in human history.

International Business Times

Blogs To Bluesky: Social Media Shifts Responses After 2004 Tsunami

The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters -- from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding.