France is sendingout military forces to disperse water on the French Indian Ocean area of Mayotte
ByThe Associated Press
September 14, 2023, 7: 11 AM
FILE – People line to fill up containers with water in Tsoundzou, Mayotte island, Saturday Feb.6, 2021 throughout the Covid pandemic. France is sendingout military forces to disperse water on the French Indian Ocean area of Mayotte, which is dealingwith an extraordinary water crisis triggered by the island’s most extreme dryspell in years. Troops with the French Foreign Legion and French navy based in the area will work with regional authorities to makesure water products to regional populations, the Defense Ministry stated in a declaration Thursday Sept. 14,2023 (AP Photo/ Sony Ibrahim Chamsidine, File)
The Associated Press
PARIS — France is sendingout military forces to disperse water on the French Indian Ocean area of Mayotte, which is dealingwith an unmatched water crisis triggered by the island cluster’s most extreme dryspell in years.
Troops with the French Foreign Legion and French navy based in the area will work with regional authorities to makesure water products to regional populations, the Defense Ministry stated in a declaration on Thursday.
Authorities haveactually bought water cuts 2 days out of 3 on Mayotte, a area northwest of Madagascar that is the poorest part of France. The water issues come on top of migration stress around individuals gettinghere from the surrounding nation of Comoros.
Residents opposed Saturday outdoors the Mayotte water management headoffice, carrying banners reading “Mayotte is Thirsty!”, a