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The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido increase to 73 people, sixty-six of whom in Cabo Delgado Province.
2024-12-19

The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido increase to 34, with more than 23,000 homes destroyed.
2024-12-17

Thousands of people are believed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido in the French overseas department of Mayotte, with the cyclone also causing damage in the Comoros and Mozambique.
2024-12-15

Cyclone Chido kills two people and causes "catastrophic" damage to the island of Mayotte, with many more feared dead on the island.
2024-12-14

Twenty people are injured by severe turbulence on a Condor flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Mauritius.
2023-03-2

The United Kingdom agrees to hold negotiations with Mauritius on the future status of the Chagos Archipelago.
2022-11-3

The Japanese bulk carrier "Wakashio", which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of oil spilled into the ocean. Most of the oil had been pumped out before the ship broke in half in the afternoon. Around 166 tonnes of oil remained after the break, and authorities are working to remove it. Scientists call it the biggest environmental disaster ever in Mauritius. France says it will help with the cleanup. Japan's ministry of environment announced that it will send officials and other specialists to look at the damage.
2020-08-15

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest court of the United Nations, rules that the United Kingdom should end its control of the Chagos Archipelago "as rapidly as possible". Mauritius claims the archipelago was unlawfully separated from the island nation in 1965.
2019-02-25

The trial begins in Mauritius of two hotel workers accused of murdering Irish woman Michaela McAreavey while she honeymooned on the island in 2011.
2012-05-22